instants
n. 片刻( instant的名词复数 ); 顷刻; 刹那; 某一时刻
An instant is an extremely short period of time.
For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee...
有那么一会儿,凯瑟琳很想逃跑。
The pain disappeared in an instant.
疼痛立刻就消失了。
If you say that something happens at a particular instant, 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.
At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness...
就在那时,博物馆陷入了一片漆黑。
In the same instant he flung open the car door.
与此同时,他猛地推开了车门。
To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.
I had bolted the door the instant I had seen the bat.
我一看到蝙蝠就把门闩上了。
You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.
Mr Porter's book was an instant hit...
波特先生的书一经推出便大受欢迎。
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。
Instant food is food that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water.
...instant coffee.
速溶咖啡
There are instants when nature seems hostile.
有些人的本能常使他们感到自然界是含有恶意的.
Any player may play instants or use powers.
所有玩家都可以出“瞬发”属性的牌或使用牌的能力.
Of popular group Protean make a lot of popular design instants are become yesterday chrysanthemum.
流行界的千变万化使许多流行款式瞬间成为昨日黄花.