trice

vt. 吊起, 扯起并用绳缚住 n. 瞬间

发音

其它 /tɹaɪs/

词形变化

trices 复数 triced trices 三单 trices tricing tricing 现在分词 triced 过去式 triced 过去分词

别名

trise

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.

    瞬间

  2. 1.

    A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).

    废旧 罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

    及物

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词源

From Middle English trīce, trise, in the phrase at a trīce (“with a single, quick motion; at once”, literally “with a pull or jerk”), later also in the phrases in a trice, on a trice, and with a trice. The word is ultimately from Middle English trīcen: see etymology 1 above.

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