jiffy
英 ['dʒɪfɪ]
美['dʒɪfi]
- n. 一会儿，瞬间
词态变化
复数: jiffies; jiffy;
中文词源
jiffy 一会儿
词源不详，通常认为来自盗贼俚语，闪电。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- jiffy (n.)
- c. 1780, "a moment, an instant," colloquial, origin unknown; said to be originally thieves' slang for "lightning."
实用场景例句
- I'll be with you in a jiffy (= very soon) .
- 我一会儿就来。
牛津词典
- It'll be ready in a jiffy.
- 说话就得.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Lunch'll be ready in a jiffy.
- 马上就要吃饭了.
辞典例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- We will do it in a jiffy.
- 我们马上去做.
辞典例句
- The bed folds in a jiffy.
- 一会儿,就把床叠好了.
期刊摘选
- In a jiffy, a river flows.
- 霎时流成了一条河.
期刊摘选
- If possible, please could you send them in a Jiffy bag rather than a box.
- 如果可能的话, 请用泡沫保护信封邮寄,不要用盒子.
期刊摘选
- I won't be a jiffy.
- 我马上就好了.
辞典例句
- He turned up in a jiffy.
- 他不久就出现啦.
期刊摘选
- In practice, North Korea could in a jiffy declare what it possesses, if it chose to.
- 实际上, 朝鲜可以立马宣布它所掌握了什么, 如果它愿意的话.
期刊摘选
- Once we get there, I'll have your ride fixed up in a jiffy.
- 一到那儿我几分钟就能把你们的车修好.
电影对白
- She conjured up a whole meal in a jiffy.
- 一眨眼工夫她就变出了一桌饭菜.
期刊摘选
- The cook had the water hot in a jiffy.
- 炊事员马上就使水热了.
期刊摘选
- If you can wait five minutes, I'll be ready in a jiffy.
- 如果你可以等个五分钟, 我很快就可以准备好了.
期刊摘选
- He conjured up a whole meal in a jiffy.
- 他一眨眼功夫就变出了一桌饭菜.
期刊摘选
- Please wait half a jiffy.
- 请等片刻.
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