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源自bat (震顫),約1900年。[1]

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bat an eyelid (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 bats an eyelid,現在分詞 batting an eyelid,一般過去時及過去分詞 batted an eyelid)

  1. (俗語主要用否定) 關心注意,有反應理睬
    近義詞: flinch
    When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.
    筆記本電腦剛問世的時候很新奇,現在大家都見怪不怪了。
    • 1914, Edgar Beecher Bronson, The Vanguard,頁號 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,頁號 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,頁號 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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參考資料

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  1. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, 1997, p. 720