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单词 minute
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minute1

noun
 
/ˈmɪnɪt/
/ˈmɪnɪt/
Idioms

    part of hour

  1.  
     [countable]
    (abbreviation min.)
    each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds分钟；分
    • minutes to… It's four minutes to six.差四分六点。
    • minutes past… four minutes past two两点四分
    • minutes after/before… five minutes after/before midnight午夜后／前五分钟
    • in… minutes I'll be back in a few minutes.我一会儿就回来。
    • for… minutes Boil the rice for 20 minutes.将米煮 20 分钟。
    • within minutes The ship sank within minutes.那艘船几分钟内就沉没了。
    • per minute The pump delivers seven gallons per minute.这台泵每分钟输送七加仑。
    • It's only a ten-minute bus ride into town.从这里乘公共汽车进城只需十分钟。
    • Two minutes later the phone rang.两分钟后电话响了。
    • I enjoyed every minute of the party.我在这次聚会上从头到尾都非常开心。
    • The students took fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire.学生们花了十五分钟完成了这份问卷。
    • Just minutes into the second half of the game Robinson scored his second goal.比赛下半场刚开始几分钟，罗宾逊就打进了他的第二个进球。
    • Eguchi scored two goals in the 87th minute.江口在第87分钟梅开二度。
    Extra Examples
    • It takes only a few minutes to grill this fish.烤这条鱼只需要几分钟。
    • He listened for a couple of minutes, then smiled.他听了几分钟，然后笑了。
    • There were two goals in the opening five minutes of the game.比赛开场五分钟就有两个进球。
    • After twenty minutes I started to get worried.20 分钟过去了，我开始担心起来。
    • Fifteen minutes turned into thirty, and still no one called.15 分钟变成了 30 分钟，仍然没人打来电话。
    • For ten agonizing minutes she couldn't find her son.她找不到自己儿子的那 10 分钟真是痛苦之极。
    • Gina wasted ten precious minutes on her final test question.吉娜在最后一个考试题目上浪费了宝贵的 10 分钟。
    • He scored in the final minutes of the game.他在比赛的最后几分钟得了分。
    • I spent ten minutes dealing with emails.我花了 10 分钟处理电子邮件。
    • If you have a few spare minutes, you could clean the kitchen.如果你有几分钟空余时间，可以把厨房打扫一下嘛。
    • Ten long minutes later, he finally had the results.过了漫长的 10 分钟，他终于得到了结果。
    • The film starts in ten minutes.电影将在10 分钟后开演。
    • The minutes ticked by and still nothing happened.时间一分一秒地过去，仍然什么事也没发生。
    • The noise lasted almost a full minute.噪声几乎持续了整整一分钟。
    • Tracey was already counting the minutes until the weekend.特雷西已经在数着分钟盼望周末了。
    • We waited for ten minutes and then left.我们等了 10 分钟，然后就离开了。
    • With each passing minute, the tension mounts.每过一分钟，紧张就加剧一些。
    • the minute hand on the clock时钟的分针
    Topics Timea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • closing
    • final
    • opening
    • …
    verb + minute
    • spend
    • last
    • take
    • …
    minute + verb
    • elapse
    • pass
    • tick by
    • …
    minute + noun
    • hand
    preposition
    • after… minutes
    • for… minutes
    • in… minutes
    • …
    2.

    very short time

  2.  
     [singular] (informal) a very short time瞬间；转眼；一眨眼；一刹那
    • It only takes a minute to make a salad.只要一会儿就能做好色拉。
    • Could you wait a minute, please?你能等一下吗？
    • Hang on a minute—I'll just get my coat.等一下，我去拿外套。
    • I just have to finish this—I won't be a minute.我得做完这活儿，一会儿就好。
    • for a minute Could I see you for a minute?我能见你一下吗？
    • in a minute I'll be with you in a minute, Jo.一会儿见，乔。
    • Typical English weather—one minute it's raining and the next minute the sun is shining.典型的英国天气，时雨时晴。
    • My brain was still working a mile a minute (= very fast).我的大脑仍然以每分钟一英里的速度运转（=非常快）。
    Extra Examples
    • Can you spare a minute?你能抽出一点儿时间吗？
    • Do you have a minute, Miss Brown?布朗小姐，能耽误你一点儿时间吗？
    • This will only take a minute.这只需一点儿时间。
    • One minute he was fine and the next minute he collapsed on the floor.前一分钟他还好好的，可下一分钟就瘫倒在地板上了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • last
    • next
    • spare
    • …
    verb + minute
    • hang on
    • hold on
    • wait
    • …
    preposition
    • in a minute
    • within minutes
    phrases
    • every waking minute
    • just a minute
    • the minute something happens
    • …
    3.

    exact moment

  3.  
     [singular] an exact moment in time时刻
    • at that/the minute At that very minute, Tom walked in.就在这时候，汤姆走了进来。
    • I've got things on my mind at the minute.我现在在想些事儿。
    see also last-minute
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • last
    • next
    • spare
    • …
    verb + minute
    • hang on
    • hold on
    • wait
    • …
    preposition
    • in a minute
    • within minutes
    phrases
    • every waking minute
    • just a minute
    • the minute something happens
    • …
    4.

    angles

  4. [countable] each of the 60 equal parts of a degree, used in measuring angles分（角度单位，六十分之一度）
    • 37 degrees 30 minutes (37° 30′)37 度 30 分
    Topics Maths and measurementc2

    5. record of meeting

  5. the minutes
     [plural] a summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting会议记录；会议纪要
    • We read through the minutes of the last meeting.我们认真通读了上次会议的纪要。
    • Who is going to take the minutes (= write them)?谁来做会议记录？
    • I wrote up the minutes of the meeting and circulated them by email.我整理了会议记录，并用电子邮件发给了大家。
    Wordfinder
    • agenda
    • AGM
    • apology
    • brainstorming
    • breakout
    • the chair
    • committee
    • convene
    • meeting
    • the minutes
    Topics Working lifec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + minutes
    • keep
    • take
    • circulate
    • …
    phrases
    • the minutes of a meeting
    6.

    short note

  6. [countable] a short note on a subject, especially one that recommends a course of action摘要；简短记录；备忘录
    7. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. The sense record of a meeting is from late Middle English (in the singular in the sense ‘note or memorandum’): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in “small writing” (Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
(at) any minute (now)
  1. very soon立刻；马上
    • Hurry up! He'll be back any minute now.快点！他随时都会回来。
by the minute
  1. very fast闪电般；飞快地；一溜烟地
    • Matters grew worse by the minute.事态迅速恶化。
fifteen minutes of fame
  1. a short period of being famous短暂的名声；昙花一现的荣誉
    • Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame.每个人都希望自己走红，哪怕转瞬即逝。
just a minute/moment/second
  1. (informal) used to ask somebody to wait for a short time稍等一会儿；请稍候
    • ‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’“我可以见伯恩斯先生吗？”“请稍等一会儿，我来查一下。”
the last minute/moment
  1. the latest possible time before an important event（重大事情前的）最后一刻，紧要关头
    • They changed the plans at the last minute.事到临头他们却改变了计划。
    • Don't leave your decision to the last moment.别等到最后一刻才来作决定。
    Extra Examples
    • Don't leave everything till the last minute.别把什么事都拖到最后一刻。
    • Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave?你为什么非得等到最后一刻才为动身作准备呢？
the minute (that)…
  1. as soon as…一…就…
    • I want to see him the minute he arrives.他一到我就要见他。
    • The minute she walked through the door I thought she looked different.她一进门，我就觉得她看起来不一样了。
not for a/one minute
  1. certainly not; not at all当然不；一点也不
    • I don't think for a minute that she'll accept but you can ask her.我认为她绝不会接受，但你可以问问她。
    • I never thought for a minute he'd refuse.我从没想过他会拒绝。
there’s one born every minute
  1. (saying) used to say that somebody is very stupid总有那种傻瓜
this minute
  1. immediately; now立刻；马上；现在
    • Come down this minute!马上下来！
    • I don't know what I'm going to do yet—I've just this minute found out.我还不知道我要怎么做，我刚刚才弄清情况。
    • Come here this minute!马上到这儿来！
to the minute
  1. exactly准确地；恰好地
    • The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute.列车 9:05 准时到达。
up to the minute (informal)
  1. fashionable and modern时髦；紧跟时尚；入时
    • Her styles are always up to the minute.她的装束总是非常时髦。
  2. having the latest information包含最新信息的；时时更新的
    • The traffic reports are up to the minute.交通信息报道是最新的。
    see also up-to-the-minute
wait a minute/moment/second
  1. to wait for a short time等一会儿；稍等一下
    • Can you wait a second while I make a call?你能等一会儿让我打个电话吗？
    • Hey! Wait a minute! I'll come with you!喂，等一下！我和你一起去！
  2. used when you have just noticed or remembered something, or had a sudden idea（刚注意到、想起某事或突然想出了主意）且慢，等一等
    • Wait a minute—this isn't the right key.等一等，不是这把钥匙。

minute1

verb
/ˈmɪnɪt/
/ˈmɪnɪt/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/
/ˈmɪnɪt/
he / she / it minutes
/ˈmɪnɪts/
/ˈmɪnɪts/
past simple minuted
/ˈmɪnɪtɪd/
/ˈmɪnɪtɪd/
past participle minuted
/ˈmɪnɪtɪd/
/ˈmɪnɪtɪd/
-ing form minuting
/ˈmɪnɪtɪŋ/
/ˈmɪnɪtɪŋ/
  1. to write down something that is said at a meeting in the official record (= the minutes)在正式记录（=会议记录）中写下会议上所说的内容
    • be minuted I'd like that last remark to be minuted.我希望把刚才那句话记录在案。
    • Meetings must be minuted and the minutes approved at the following meeting.开会必须做会议记录，且该会议记录必须在下次会议上通过。
    • it is minuted that… I would like it to be minuted that I do not support this proposal.我希望大家注意我不支持这项提议。
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. The sense record of a meeting is from late Middle English (in the singular in the sense ‘note or memorandum’): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in “small writing” (Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.

minute2

adjective
 
/maɪˈnjuːt/
/maɪˈnuːt/
(comparative minuter, superlative minutest)
  1.  
    extremely small极小的；微小的；细微的 synonym tiny
    • minute amounts of chemicals in the water水中含量极小的化学成分
    • The kitchen on the boat is minute.小船上的厨房小极了。
    Extra Examples
    • Even minute amounts of bacteria in the water supply can cause disease.即使供水中的微量细菌也可能导致疾病。
    • There were minute traces of the drug present in his blood.他的血液中有微量的毒品成分。
  2.  
    very detailed, careful and complete细致入微的；详细的
    • a minute examination/inspection细致的检查／视察
    • She remembered everything in minute detail/in the minutest detail(s).她记得每一件事的细节。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lesser’, with reference to a tithe or tax): from Latin minutus ‘lessened’, past participle of minuere.
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