minute
UK
minute n: (period of sixty seconds)
SC 分钟 fēn zhōng
TC 分鐘
TC 分鐘
The alarm will ring in one minute.
闹钟一分钟后会响。
minute n: figurative (moment, brief time)
SC 很短的时间 hěn duǎn de shí jiān
SC 一会儿 hěn duǎn de shí jiān ，yí huì er
TC 一會兒
TC 一會兒
I was only gone for a minute!
我只离开了一会儿!
minutes npl: (written record: of a meeting)
SC 会议记录
TC 會議記錄
TC 會議記錄
The secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting.
秘书进行会议记录。
minute adj: (tiny)
SC 微小的 wēi xiǎo de
SC 细微的 wēi xiǎo de ，xì wēi de
TC 細微的
TC 細微的
SC 详细 wēi xiǎo de ，xiáng xì
TC 詳細
TC 詳細
They wrote down even the minute details of their plan.
连计划最细微的细节他们都写了下来。
minute adj: figurative (unimportant)
SC 微不足道的，微小的 wēi bù zú dào de ，wēi xiǎo de
SC 不重要的 bú zhòng yào de
That is a minute problem and isn't worth the trouble.
这是个小问题，不值得这么麻烦。
minute n: (geometry, coordinates) (几何)
SC 分
TC 分
TC 分
Thirty minutes is half of a degree.
minute [sth] vtr: (make written record)
SC 记录 jì lù
TC 記錄
TC 記錄
SC 给...做纪要
The secretary minuted the meeting.
any minute, any moment adv: informal (without warning)
SC 很快 hěn kuài
SC 马上 hěn kuài，mǎ shàng
TC 馬上
TC 馬上
SC 随时 hěn kuài，suí shí
TC 隨時
TC 隨時
The old house looked like it could collapse any minute.
Bill should arrive any moment to give us a ride to the airport.
这座老房子看起来随时都有垮塌的危险。// 比尔应该马上就会来载我们去机场了。
at any minute, at any moment expr: (without warning)
SC 随时 suí shí
TC 隨時
TC 隨時
The city is built across a fault line, so an earthquake could strike at any minute.
at the last minute expr: (almost too late)
SC 到最后一刻 dào zuì hòu yí kè
SC 在最后的时刻 dào zuì hòu yí kè，zài zuì hòu de shí kè
SC 在紧要关头 dào zuì hòu yí kè，zài jǐn yào guān tóu
I managed to get tickets to the concert at the last minute. Our babysitter cancelled at the last minute, so we stayed home.
hold on a minute v expr: informal (wait)
SC 等一下，等一会儿，稍等 děng yí xià，děng yī huì er
TC 等一會兒
TC 等一會兒
Hold on a minute while I go back inside to turn off the lights.
in a minute adv: (a short while from now)
SC 马上 mǎ shàng
TC 馬上
TC 馬上
SC 立刻 mǎ shàng ，lì kè
TC 立刻
TC 立刻
SC 不一会 mǎ shàng ，bù yī huì
TC 不一會
TC 不一會
Hold on, I'll get to you in a minute!
Just a minute interj: (wait, stop)
SC 等一下，等一会儿，稍等 děng yí xià，děng yī huì er
TC 等一會兒
TC 等一會兒
Just a minute, where do you think you're going?
the last minute n: (final moments before [sth])
SC 最后一刻，最后一分钟 zuì hòu yí kè
TC 最後一刻
TC 最後一刻
Kathy always waits for the last minute to hand in her homework.
凯西总是等到最后一分钟才交作业。
last-minute n as adj: (hurried, almost too late)
SC 最后一分钟的
SC 紧急关头的
There are always so many last-minute preparations before a wedding.
minute hand n: (clock, watch: long hand indicating minutes) (钟表的)
SC 分针 fēn zhēn
It's 12 o'clock when both the minute hand and hour hand are pointing up.
one minute adv: (at a given moment)
SC 上一刻，上一分钟
SC 此刻 cǐ kè
TC 此刻
TC 此刻
One minute I was walking down the street, the next I found myself waking up on the pavement.
revolution per minute n: usually plural (speed: spins in 60 seconds)
SC 每分钟...转 měi fēn zhōng zhuǎn
SC …转/分钟 měi fēn zhōng zhuǎn，zhuǎn fēn zhōng
rpm, RPM n: invariable, usually plural, abbreviation (revolution per minute)
SC 每分钟转数
SC 转速
TC 轉速
TC 轉速
this minute adv: (immediately, without delay)
SC 立即 lì jí
TC 立即
TC 立即
SC 立刻 lì jí，lì kè
TC 立刻
TC 立刻
SC 马上 lì jí，mǎ shàng
TC 馬上
TC 馬上
Stop doing that this minute and come here!
this very minute adv: (immediately, without delay)
SC 此刻 cǐ kè
TC 此刻
TC 此刻
SC 立即 cǐ kè，lì jí
TC 立即
TC 立即
SC 立即 cǐ kè，lì jí
TC 立即
TC 立即
I need an answer this very minute!
until the last minute adv: (to the final possible moment)
SC 等到最后一刻
SC 等到火烧眉毛才做某事
Don't wait until the last minute to buy your Christmas presents.
up to the minute, up-to-the-minute adj: (extremely current)
SC 最新的 zuì xīn de
SC 最新式的 zuì xīn de ，zuì xīn shì de
This TV network claims to provide the most up-to-the-minute news.
wait a minute interj: informal (wait for a moment)
SC 稍等片刻 shāo děng piàn kè
Wait a minute! - please repeat what you just said.