lickety-split的词源

英文词源

lickety-split (adj.)

1852, American English (earlier lickety-cut, lickety-click, and simply licketie, 1817), from lick (n.1) in dialectal sense "very fast sprint in a race" (1809) on the notion of a "lick" as a fast thing (compare blink).

中文词源

lickety-split：立即

lickety,舔，俚语义舔一下的时间，快速，split,劈开。比较汉语刹那。

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