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in a twinkling
常用来强调动作极快。
He was gone in a twinkling.
一眨眼的工夫他就走了。
闪烁的，闪亮的
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闪烁的，闪亮的
shining with a flickering light
He was gone in a twinkling.
一眨眼的工夫他就走了。
闪烁的,一闪一闪的。
Sparkling intermittently.
In the twinkling of an eye, the magician made the coin disappear.
一眨眼的功夫，魔术师就把硬币变没了。
She finished the entire meal in a twinkling.
她一眨眼的功夫就吃完了整顿饭。
The star seemed to vanish in the twinkling of an instant.
那颗星星似乎在一瞬间就消失了。
常用来强调动作极快。
He was gone in a twinkling.
一眨眼的工夫他就走了。
固定成语，与圣经有关。
The car disappeared in the twinkling of an eye.
那辆车一眨眼的工夫就不见了。
用作形容词，修饰名词。
We could see the twinkling stars.
我们能看到闪烁的星星。
Not this
In a twinkle, he disappeared.
Use this
In a twinkling, he disappeared.
名词形式错误：'twinkle'是动词或名词表示'闪烁'，而'twinkling'作为名词才表示'瞬间'。固定搭配用'twinkling'。
Not this
In twinkling of eye, the magic happened.
Use this
In the twinkling of an eye, the magic happened.
介词短语不完整：表示'一眨眼的工夫'需用固定结构'in the twinkling of an eye'，缺少冠词'the'和介词'of'后的'an'。
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