| 释义 |
at a wordAs soon as requested: ready to leave again at a word...- He ordered a cut-purse caught in the act to be hanged without a trial at a word from his royal mouth.’
- Her favourites were lanterns that could come alive or die at a word, and an arrow that would hit whatever you wanted to hit, no matter how bad your aim was.
- There was no seam or opening to be found on the box, yet at a word from Loarela, the top suddenly was no longer just a painting of a vortex, but an actual pit of darkness.
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