trice
noun /traɪs/
/traɪs/
词源late Middle English trice ‘a tug’, figuratively ‘an instant’, from Middle Dutch trīsen ‘pull sharply’, related to trīse ‘pulley’.
Idioms Idioms
in a trice
- very quickly or suddenly
转眼之间；弹指一挥间；瞬息间 - He was gone in a trice.
转眼之间他就没影儿了。
- He was gone in a trice.