at one blast

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ət wʌn ˈblɑːst/|/ət wɒn ˈblɑːst/    美 /ət wʌn ˈblæst/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. At once, at the same moment in time. figuratively,not-comparable
    — For when Men ſhall obſerve the Nature of the Gun-Powder Treaſon, that it aymed at no leſs than the Deſtruction of the whole State at one blaſte; that the Contrivers were all Papiſts; that the pryme Hope of their Support was in the Engliſh Forces that ſerved the Archdukes, for which divers Captains there were prepared; he muſt needs conceive the King here to be unworthy of the eminent Throne in which Almighty God hath placed him as a potent Monarche over ſoe many Kingdoms and People, […]
  2. With one firing of a cannon or firearm; especially one whose ammunition is shotgun shot or grape shot, such that the multiple pieces of shot from one firing hit multiple birds or multiple soldiers. literally,not-comparable
    — Cannon, charged with grape, laid the men as flat as a pavement, exactly as a mighty wind levels standing grain at one blast.

词源

From Middle English at one blaste.
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