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'Trice' has almost no life outside one phrase: 'in a trice', meaning in an instant, very fast. You will not hear anyone say 'a trice' by itself, and there is no plural in real use — the word survives only inside that phrase, the way 'kilter' survives only in 'out of kilter'. In a trice she had the whole thing packed.
'Trice''Trice' has almost no life outside one phrase幾乎只活在一個片語裡: 'in a trice''in a trice', meaning意思是 in an instant, very fast一瞬間、非常快. You will not hear anyone say你不會聽到有人說 'a trice''a trice' by itself單獨, and there is no plural in real use實際使用上也沒有複數形——the word survives only inside that phrase這個字只活在那個片語裡, the way 'kilter' survives only in 'out of kilter'就像'kilter'只活在'out of kilter'裡一樣. In a trice she had the whole thing packedIn a trice she had the whole thing packed.一轉眼她就把整件東西打包好了。
The flavour is old-fashioned and slightly ; it belongs to storytelling and to older novels, and when a modern speaker uses it, it is often with a small wink. In everyday Taiwan classrooms you would say 'in a second', 'in no time', 'straight away'.
The flavour is old-fashioned and slightly bookish語感偏舊式、有點書面; it belongs to storytelling and to older novels屬於說故事和舊小說的用語, and when a modern speaker uses it現代人如果用, it is often with a small wink通常帶點俏皮的味道. In everyday Taiwan classrooms在台灣日常課堂上 you would say你會說 'in a second''in a second', 'in no time''in no time', 'straight away''straight away'.
There is also a rare sailor's verb 'to trice', meaning to haul something up with a rope and tie it off, but you can safely leave that in the ships where it lives.
There is also a rare sailor's verb還有一個少見的水手用動詞 'to trice''to trice', meaning意思是 to haul something up with a rope and tie it off用繩子把東西拉上去綁好, but you can safely leave that in the ships where it lives不過這個用法留在船上就好，不用特別記.
組成From Middle English trīcen, 'to pull or jerk', borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German words meaning 'to hoist with a pulley'. The phrase began as 'at a trice' — with one single pull. So the picture is one sharp tug of a rope: one movement, and it is done.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Tricename
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A surname.
triceverb詞源 1/tɹaɪs/
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obsoleteTo pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- The tent is made of light, close, unbleached duck, […] A window, six inches square, is fitted at the upper end with a flap to trice up or haul down.
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To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
- ... the fold of his double chin hung like a bag triced up close under the hinge of his jaw.
- One of the two men landed had shot and wounded the mate, and the other, known as "Doublin Jack," had knocked the second mate down with a handspike. Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned.
tricenoun詞源 2/tɹaɪs/
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Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
- Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.
- This is most ſtrange, that ſhe, who even but now / Was your beſt object, the argument of your praiſe, / Balme of your age, moſt beſt, moſt deereſt, / Should in this trice of time commit a thing / So monſtrous, to diſmantell ſo many foulds of fauour, […]
tricenoun詞源 3/tɹaɪs/
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obsoleterareA pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。