1590s, "quickly," used by conjurers, etc., from Italian presto "quick, quickly" in conjuror's patter, from Latin praestus "ready," praesto (adv.) "ready, available," from prae "before" (see pre-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Compare Latin praesto esse "to be at hand, be ready," source of French prêt "ready." As a musical direction, it is a separate borrowing from Italian, first recorded 1683.
雙語例句
1. You just press the button and, hey presto, a perfect cup of coffee!
只要按下按鈕，嘿，馬上就出來一杯上好的咖啡！
來自《權威詞典》
2. With something so important, you can't just wave a wand and presto!
在這么重大的問題上, 你想揮動一下指揮棒,轉眼就變過來,辦不到!
來自辭典例句
3. I just turned the piece of wire in the lock and hey presto, the door opened.
我把金屬絲伸到鎖孔里一擰,嘿, 那門就開了.
來自辭典例句
4. Summon them right where you think the Stealth unit and presto!
把他們直接召喚到你認為有隱形單位的地方.
來自互聯(lián)網
5. And presto, the function can finally return with 6 - which is indeed 3!