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美音:[(adjective) ´mınut (noun) ´mınət ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[(adjective) ´mınut (noun) ´mınət ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.分,分钟,片刻,一瞬间,备忘录,笔记 vt.记录,摘录,测定时间 adj.微小的,详细的,仔细而准确的

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minute为小学词汇   词频:3559

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名词:minuteness 动词过去式:minuted 过去分词:minuted 现在分词:minuting 第三人称单数:minutes

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min=small(小的)

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/'mɪnɪt; `mɪnɪt/
n
1 (a) [C] one sixtieth part of an hour, equal to
60 seconds 分(一小时的六十分之一, 等于60秒)
*It's ten minutes to/past six. 现在是差十分六点[六点过十分].
* I arrived a couple of minutes early/late. 我早[晚]到了两三分钟.
* My house is ten minutes (away) from (ie It takes ten minutes to drive, walk, etc from it to) the shops. 从我家到商业区(相去)有十分钟的路程.
* We caught the bus with only minutes to spare. 我们只差几分钟就赶不上公共汽车了. =>App
5 见附录5.
(b) [sing] very short time; moment 片刻; 瞬间; 一会儿
*It only takes a minute to make a salad. 做色拉用不了多少时间.
* Will you wait for me? I shan't be a minute. 等等我行吗? 我马上就好.
(c) [sing] exact point of time; instant 此时此刻; 立刻
*Stop it this minute! ie immediately 立即停止!
* At that very minute, Tom opened the door. 就在那时候, 汤姆打开了门.
2 [C] one sixtieth part of a degree, used in measuring angles 分(量度弧或角的单位, 六十分之一度):
37 degrees
30 minutes (3730) 37度30分(37 30).
3 [C] official note that records a decision or comment, or gives authority for sth to be done 正式记录; 备忘录
*make a minute of sth 记录某事物.
4 minutes [pl] brief summary or record of what is said and decided at a meeting, esp of a society or committee 会议记录
*We read (through) the minutes of the last meeting. 我们(从头到尾)把上次会议记录看了一遍.
* Who will take (ie make notes for) the minutes? 谁做记录?
5 (idm 习语) (at) any minute/moment (now) (infml 口) very shortly or soon 随时; 马上
*The leading cyclist will be coming round that corner any minute now! 为首的那个自行车手很快就要从那个转角处绕过来! in a `minute very soon 马上; 立刻
*Our guests will be here in a minute! 我们的客人马上就到! ,just a `minute (infml 口) wait for a short time (usu while the speaker says or does sth) 稍等片刻(通常说话人此时在说或做某事)
*Just a minute! Let me put your tie straight. 请等等! 我帮你正正领带. the last minute/moment => last1 ,not for a/one `minute/`moment (infml 口) not at all 一点儿也不; 从不; 根本不
*I never suspected for a minute that youwere married. 我万万没想到你已经结婚了. the minute/moment (that)... as soon as... 一...就...
*I want to see him the minute (that) he arrives. 他一来到我就要见他. there's one born every minute => born. to the `minute exactly 准时
*The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute. 火车在9时零5分准时到达. ,up to the `minute (infml 口)
(a) fashionable 最新的; 时髦的
*Her clothes are always right up to the minute. 她的衣着总是很入时.
* [attrib 作定语] an ,up-to-the-`minute look, dress, style, etc 时新的样式、连衣裙、款式等.
(b) having the latest information 有最新消息的
*[attrib 作定语] an ,up-to-the-minute `news bulletin, summary, etc 有最新消息的简报、总结等.

v [Tn] make a note of (sth) in an official memorandum; record (sth) in the minutes (minute1 4) 将(某事)载入备忘录或会议记录
*minute an action point, comment, etc 记录一行动要点、评语等
* Your suggestion will be minuted. 你的建议将记录在案.

/maɪ'nju:t; [US] -'nu:t; maɪ`nut/ adj (-r, -st)
1 very small in size or amount 极小的; 极少的
*minute particles of gold dust 金沙中的微粒
* water containing minute quantities of lead 含有微量铅的水.
2 very detailed; accurate or precise 极详细的; 准确的; 精确的
*a minute description, inquiry, examination, inspection, etc 详细的描述、调查、检查、视察等
* The detective studied the fingerprints in the minutest detail. 那侦探仔仔细细地研究了各个指纹.
1. But the satisfied customers — mostly women — didn't look like they could afford $3.99 a minute to talk to a psychic on the phone.
    但是这些心满意足的客户--大部分是女性--看上去似乎不愿意支付每分钟3.99美元的电话费来和一个通灵大师在电话里聊天。

2. We want every minute to count.
    我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

3. There are 60 seconds in a minute.
    一分钟有六十秒.

4. The big minute hand did not move.
    那根巨大的分针不动了。

5. The river swarmed with piranha, the flesh-eating fish that hunted in packs and could easily strip a cow to its bare bones within a minute.
    河里到处都是食肉鱼,这种食肉鱼成群结队觅食,不到一分钟就能把一头牛吃得只剩下一副骨架。

6. He looked ferocious, and for a minute I had a terrible misgiving.
    他样子很凶恶, 我一时感到非常害怕。

7. Do not force all your studying into the last minute, and get a good night's sleep before a test.
    不要逼着自己一直学习到考试前的最后一刻,在考试的前一天晚上要美美地睡上一觉。

8. "Just a minute," one said.
    其中一个说:"稍等。"

9. "I liked him the minute I saw him!"
    “我一眼见他就喜欢上了他!”

10. Ann, his mom, is due back from her hair appointment any minute.
    安,他的妈妈,随时可能从美发厅回来。

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