lickety-split

• adv. 极快地；全速地

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

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).

1. The trucks sang " lickety - lick , lickety - lick " as the train ran through the factory district.

列车经过工厂区时,卡车发出咔嗒 、 咔 嗒的有节奏的声音.

来自辞典例句