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bat an eyelid

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源自bat (“震颤”)，约1900年。[1]

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bat an eyelid (第三人称单数简单现在时 bats an eyelid，现在分词 batting an eyelid，一般过去时及过去分词 batted an eyelid)

  1. (俗语，主要用否定) 关心，注意，有反应，理睬
    近义词： flinch
    When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.
    笔记本电脑刚问世的时候很新奇，现在大家都见怪不怪了。
    • 1914, Edgar Beecher Bronson, The Vanguard，页号 155:
      […] he got the drop on Cox, the only time I had seen or heard of its being done — had his pistol out and stuck in Cox's face before Cox could bat an eyelid.
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    • 2006, Pete Takeda, An Eye at the Top of the World，页号 116:
      If you were to walk into a salon in America after a few 10–12 hour days of sweaty, dusty travel with no shower, you'd probably be politely asked to leave and not return until you've cleaned up. But here in a land whose resources and infrastructure cannot sustain such frivolity, the barber doesn't even bat an eyelid.
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    • 2007, Fionn Davenport, Dublin Encounter，页号 153:
      Dublin's not a bad place to be gay. Most people wouldn't bat an eyelid at public displays of affection between same-sex couples […]
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  1. ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, 1997, p. 720
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