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lickety-split

/lik-i-tee-split/US // ˈlɪk ɪ tiˈsplɪt //UK // (ˈlɪkɪtɪˈsplɪt) //

迅捷,迅雷不及掩耳之势,迅雷不及掩耳,快捷

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.

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Examples

  • The conspirators were split into two teams, “Alpha” and “Bravo.”

  • If you look at the history, you can really understand why the parties are so divided and why the public is so split.

  • Before it was split between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Baluchistan spread over an area slightly larger than California.

  • His section on why he and his wife split—he essentially chose soccer over her—would be risky if its candor were not so refreshing.

  • Most critically, the split perspectives of Noah and Alison need to marry more elegantly.

  • Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

  • The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.

  • The atmosphere seemed drawn taut before him as though it must any instant split open upon a sound of crying.

  • The Griffin carried off one sheep a day from a German village, till a man came with a "falchion" and split the Griffin open.

  • The rein was fastened to a piece of split rattan drawn through the animal's nose.