"bat an eyelid" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: en-au-bat an eyelid.ogg Forms: bats an eyelid, batting an eyelid, batted an eyelid
Etymology: 源自bat (“震颤”),约1900年。
  1. 关心,注意,有反应,理睬 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-bat_an_eyelid-en-verb-qtuLml1V Categories (other): 英語俗語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bat an eye, bat an eyelash Synonyms (关心,注意,有反应,理睬): flinch
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元, 英語謂語

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          "text": "When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.",
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          "ref": "2006, Pete Takeda, An Eye at the Top of the World,頁號 116:",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "2007, Fionn Davenport, Dublin Encounter,頁號 153:",
          "text": "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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