jiffy

美 [ˈdʒɪfi]英 [ˈdʒɪfi]
  • n.瞬间;一会儿
  • jiff的复数

复数: jiffies; jiffy

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

一会儿;瞬间
a moment

I'll be with you in a jiffy (= very soon) .

我一会儿就来。

jiffy

频次

  • 1
    PHRASE 很快;瞬间
    If you say that you will do something in a jiffy, you mean that you will do it very quickly or very soon.

noun

1
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Synonym: blink of an eye flash heartbeat instant split second trice twinkling wink New York minute

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  1. I 'll be with you in a jiffy .

    我一会儿就来。

  2. It 'll be ready in a jiffy .

    说话就得。

  3. Then came a man who said he could get the money out in a jiffy .

    然后又来了一个人说他能马上就把钱取出来。

  4. The number of jiffies that this process has been scheduled in kernel mode .

    瞬间进程正在使用内核模式的数量。

  5. The cook had the water hot in a jiffy .

    炊事员马上就使水热了。

  6. We 'll be back in a jiffy , as you say .

    我们会马上回来的,就说话的功夫。

  7. Those things are made out of jiffy pop .

    那些可都是由泡沫做成的。

  8. I know , I know . I said I 'll be with you in a jiffy .

    我知道,我知道。我说过马上就去帮你。

  9. If possible , please could you send them in a Jiffy bag rather than a box .

    如果可能的话,请用泡沫保护信封邮寄,不要用盒子。

  10. I have errands to run , so let 's make this a jiffy .

    我一会还有事儿,所以咱们速战速决好吧。

  11. In UNIX systems , a jiffy is basically the time between two consecutive clock ticks .

    在UNIX系统中,jiffy主要表示两个连续时钟计时单元之间的时间。

  12. Her new record is onthe jiffy label .

    她的新录的唱片名为“瞬间”。

  13. Just like we were talking two weeks ago , Beijing 's subways can take me there in a jiffy .

    就像两周前我们说过的那样,北京地铁分分钟把我送到那儿。

  14. He was on his stool in a jiffy , driving away with his pen

    眨眼间他坐到了凳子上,用他的钢笔奋力工作

  15. Come along here , I 'll give ye a glim in a jiffy ;

    跟我来,我马上给你点个亮;

  16. Just taking out the rubbish . won 't be a jiffy .

    去倒个垃圾,就一会儿。

  17. He conjured up a whole meal in a jiffy .

    他一眨眼功夫就变出了一桌饭菜。

  18. The boss , a sweet looking boy who looked about 15 , said they 'd be round in a jiffy .

    这位上司是一个外形甜美的男孩,看上去也就15岁左右。他表示他们将马上赶到。

  19. The first thing you 'll notice is that time is represented not in jiffies but in a special data type called ktime .

    应该注意的第一点是:时间不是用jiffies表示的,而是以一种名为ktime的特殊数据类型表示。

  20. This function calculates the difference between two jiffies values , and then provides the result to the user through a user-space pointer .

    这个函数会计算这两个jiffies值之间的差值,然后通过一个用户空间指针将结果提供给用户。

  21. The first function returns the current jiffies , while the second returns the difference of the current and the value that the caller passes in .

    第一个函数会返回当前jiffy,而第二个函数则返回当前值与所传递进来的值之间的差值。

  22. Even the jiffies ( small packets of kernel time for timing interrupts ) are not altered and this lets you debug the Interrupt Service Routine .

    此时连jiffies(用来对中断进行计时的内核时钟滴答数)都不会改变,这样就可以对ISR进行调试了。

  23. This API permits the construction of timers that operate in the jiffies domain ( minimum4ms time-out ) .

    这个API允许构造在jiffies域(最低4ms超时)中运行的计时器。

  24. ' Jump up behind me ' he whispered , ' and we 'll get shot of the screaming cats in a jiffy !

    跳上来骑在我的后面,他低声说,一会儿我们就远远地离开这群瞎叫的猫了。

  25. We just need something - anything - in our lives with a more urgent claim on our time than work to make us whip through the tasks in a jiffy .

    我们只需要生活中出现一些比工作更紧急的事——任何事——来让自己快马加鞭地完成工作。

  26. In the Linux kernel , time is measured by a global variable named jiffies , which identifies the number of ticks that have occurred since the system was booted .

    在Linux内核中,时间由一个名为jiffies的全局变量衡量,该变量标识系统启动以来经过的滴答数。

  27. The delay in queue_delayed_work () is given to ensure that at least a minimum delay in jiffies is given before the workqueue entry actually starts executing .

    在queuedelaywork()中指定delay,是为了保证至少在经过一段给定的最小延迟时间以后,工作队列中的任务才可以真正执行。

  28. C ; this routine basically sets the current task 's state to TASK_KILLABLE and calls schedule_timeout (), which makes the calling task sleep for timeout number of jiffies .

    该例程主要用于将当前任务的状态设置为TASKKILLABLE并调用scheduletimeout(),它用于让调用任务睡眠timeout个jiffies。

  29. Using jiffies as the granularity of time , a number of groups is defined that represents future periods of expiration ( where each group is represented by a list of timers ) .

    使用jiffies作为时间粒度,定义了几个组,它们表示将来的过期时段(其中每个组通过一列计时器表示)。

  30. Depending upon your processor and the speed at which it operates , your mileage may vary , but the API does offer a way to schedule time-outs below the jiffies tick interval .

    根据您的处理器和处理器运行的速度,您的里程(mileage)可能会不同,但这个API的确提供了一种方法来在jiffies滴答间隔下调度超时。