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jif·fy
jI fi
复数:jiffies
jiff (n.)
Noun
1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
in a jiffyadv. 马上
1785年,"一瞬间,一瞬间,短暂的时间",口语,起源不明; 据说是盗贼俚语,意为"闪电"。
origin unknown
The first known use of jiffy was in 1779
jigger1 of 2noun
one that jigs
device sense 1c, gadget
a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)
jigger2 of 2noun
chigger
jig1 of 2noun
a lively springy dance
trick entry 1 sense 1, game—used chiefly in the phrase the jig is up
jig2 of 2verb
to dance a jig
to jerk up and down or to and fro
jiffynoun
moment sense 1, instant
in a jiffy
1 We'll double ours in a jiffy.
我们的钱瞬间就翻倍。
2 I'll come in a jiffy.
我一会儿就准备好。
3 Please wait half a jiffy.
请等片刻.
4 A few puffs of Seattle Blue and you’ll be throwing on workout gear in a jiffy.
5 You can program it to toggle to a different audio source by tapping and holding this button, in case you need to route audio to your headset in a jiffy.
6 In a jiffy, I was downing a delicious and healthy concoction.
7 I'll be out in a jiffy.
我一会儿就要出去了。
8 I'll be there in a jiffy.
9 “Poor girl, you’re worn out. It isn’t like you to be forlorn. Stop a bit. I’ll hearten you up in a jiffy.”
10 All the arguments of who and whereAre they coming here?Are we going there?All the arguments of who and whereI'll charm away in a jiffy.
11 Don't you cry, Miss Scarlett. Big Sam'll get you out of this in a jiffy.
不要哭,斯佳丽小姐,大个子萨姆一会儿就送你过了这段路。
12 "It was just an envelope, a jiffy bag, a small jiffy bag," he said.
13 In a jiffy, a river flows.
霎时流成了一条河.
14 Wiggins said an infamous‘jiffy bag’ controversy had also been a‘shambles’.
15 The search function is so obligingthat everything anyone has ever sent me can be left lying around higgledy-piggledy in the cloud and it will locate it again in a jiffy.
邮箱搜索功能是如此有用,以至于任何人发给过我的任何东西都可以杂乱无章地存放在存储云中,而通过搜索功能又可以一瞬间将其找到。
16 I won't be a jiffy.
我马上就好了.
17 It won't take a jiffy.
18 If Gabby in HR sends the wrong form down again, send back a jiffy bag full of cooked spaghetti.
19 Just corral everything inside for a clean surface in a jiffy.
20 “From the very first jiffy of the entire visible Universe, it's all been running down from energy into matter, and towards the zero point ...” Draud said, remembering an errant wish to have fathered a child.
2 瞬间
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