instant

英 [ˈɪnstənt]

美 [ˈɪnstənt]

adj. 立即的; 立刻的; 速食的; 即食的; 速溶的; 方便的
n. 瞬间; 片刻; 某一时刻

复数：instants　

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同义词辨析

instant moment second【导航词义：瞬间，片刻】

instantn. 片刻，刹那

〔辨析〕

指极短的时间，如转瞬即逝的刹那间，通常用单数。

〔例证〕

Please hold on! She will be back in an instant.
请别挂断电话！她马上回来。
The instant I saw him, I knew he was the policeman who had helped me carry the box.
我一看见他便认出他就是那个曾经帮我搬过箱子的警察。

momentn. 片刻

〔辨析〕

指很短的一段时间，多用于日常口语。

〔例证〕

Can you spare a few moments to fill out this questionnaire?
你能抽点时间填写这个问卷调查吗？
He will come back to see you in a moment.
他马上会回来见你的。

secondn. 一会儿，片刻

〔辨析〕

指极为短暂的一段时间，常可与 moment 换用。

〔例证〕

Don't worry, and he'll be back in a second/moment.
别担心，他一会儿就回来。
Just a second/moment, the reporter will come to interview you.
稍等片刻，那名记者马上会过来采访你。

牛津词典

adj.

立即的；立刻的
happening immediately
1. She took an instant dislike to me.
  她立刻就讨厌我。
2. This account gives you instant access to your money.
  这个账户让你随时调动款项。
3. The show was an instant success.
  演出一炮打响。
速食的；即食的；速溶的；方便的
that can be made quickly and easily, usually by adding hot water
1. instant coffee
  速溶咖啡

noun

瞬间；片刻
a very short period of time
1. I'll be back in an instant.
  我马上就回来。
2. Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse.
  刹那间我以为他会拒绝。
某一时刻
a particular point in time
1. At that (very) instant, the door opened.
  就在那时，门开了。
2. I recognized her the instant (that) (= as soon as) I saw her.
  我一眼就认出她了。
3. Come here this instant (= immediately) !
  马上过来！

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 瞬息;顷刻;刹那
Aninstantis an extremely short period of time.
1. For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee...
  有那么一会儿,凯瑟琳很想逃跑。
2. The pain disappeared in an instant.
  疼痛立刻就消失了。
N-SING (某一)时刻
If you say that something happensata particularinstant, you mean that it happens at exactly the time you have been referring to, and you are usually suggesting that it happens quickly or immediately.
1. At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness...
  就在那时,博物馆陷入了一片漆黑。
2. In the same instant he flung open the car door.
  与此同时,他猛地推开了车门。
PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 一…(就)
To do somethingthe instantsomething else happens means to do it immediately.
1. I had bolted the door the instant I had seen the bat.
  我一看到蝙蝠就把门闩上了。
ADJ 立即的;即刻的
You useinstantto describe something that happens immediately.
1. Mr Porter's book was an instant hit...
  波特先生的书一经推出便大受欢迎。
2. He had taken an instant dislike to Mortlake.
  他一到莫特莱克就觉得不喜欢这个地方。
ADJ (食品)已配制好的，调制快速方便的，速溶的
Instantfood is food that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water.
1. ...instant coffee.
  速溶咖啡

双语例句

The show, despite some rough edges, was an instant success.
虽然有一些瑕疵，演出还是一举获得了成功。
No matter what he is offered to eat he polishes it off in an instant
不管给他吃什么，他都能眨眼就下肚。
In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
20世纪70年代，急于分一杯羹的柯达公司推出了自己的拍立得相机。
His mask of detachment cracked, and she saw for an instant an angry and violent man.
他冷静超然的伪装破碎了，一瞬间她的面前出现了一个愤怒而又狂暴的男人。
She recognized at the same instant Rachel's presence. It pulled her up short.
雷切尔一出现她就认出她来了，随即停下了手中的活儿。
The pain disappeared in an instant.
疼痛立刻就消失了。
He smiled back, which for an instant transfigured his unrevealing features.
他回笑了一下，有那么一瞬间不动声色的脸上焕发出容光。
I'll be with you in an instant.
我即刻就来。
The company has already boosted its share of the UK tea market with its round tea bags. Now it is successfully converting the nation to ( horror of horrors) instant tea.
该公司已经凭借其袋泡茶提高了自己在英国茶叶市场的占有份额。现在它正在成功地使该国人民改喝（最可怕不过的）速溶茶。
For an instant I was infected by her fear
有那么一会儿她的恐惧也传染给了我。