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The character "霎" is structured with the semantic component "雨" meaning rain and the phonetic component "妾". It originally referred to a brief, sudden rain shower, but over time its meaning extended to denote a very short moment or instant, evident in modern usage such as in the term "霎时". This semantic shift from a specific weather phenomenon to a general temporal concept arose from the association of quick, passing rain with brevity.
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霎时天晴了。
霎时间雨停了。
他一霎那就明白了。
霎时全场寂静。
天空霎时变得漆黑。
就在那一霎间，事故发生了。
灯光霎时闪烁，然后熄灭了。
他思绪万千，但霎时间便做出了决定。