lickety-split

短语

adv. 全速地, 极快地 a. 敏捷的

发音

别名

lickedy-split quickety split

释义与例句

adv.

1.

Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order.

At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split.

I need tea right now, lickety-split.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lickety.

词源

First attested during the 19th century, in the US, equivalent to lickedy + split, perhaps as a reference to the flick or darting of a snake's forked tongue. The forms lickety-cut and licketie are similarly attested; and forms with t are likely due to Scottish influence.

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