| 单词 | minute |
| 释义 | 1. noun and verb uses2. adjective use minute (mɪnɪt ) noun and verb uses Word forms: minutes , minuting , minuted 1. countable noun A1 A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time. The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook. Bye Mum, see you in a minute. Half a minute later she came in the front door. Within minutes we realized our mistake. Synonyms: sixty seconds, sixtieth of an hour 2. plural noun The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting. [+ of] 3. verb When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it. You don't need to minute that. [VERB noun] 4. See also up-to-the-minute 5. wait a minute convention B1 People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something. Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here. Hey, just a minute! Synonyms: wait a moment, hold on, hang on [informal], hang about [British, informal] 6. (at) any minute (now) phrase B2 If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon. [emphasis] It looked as though it might rain at any minute. He ought to be back any minute. Any minute now, that phone is going to ring. 7. for a/one minute phrase If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true. [emphasis] I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared. I don't believe him for a minute. 8. last minute phrase B2 A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible. She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams. The location has been changed at the last minute. He will probably wait until the last minute. 9. the next minute phrase You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly. [emphasis] The next minute my father came in. Jobs are there one minute, gone the next. 10. the minute phrase If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing. [emphasis] The minute you do this, you'll lose control. The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television. 11. this minute phrase If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately. [emphasis] I need to speak with her right this minute. Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute. Synonyms: at once, directly, immediately, right now minute (maɪnjuːt , US -nuːt ) adjective use Word forms: minutest Minute does not have a comparative form. The superlative form minutest is used to emphasize how small something is, rather than in comparisons.adjective If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small. Only a minute amount is needed. The party was planned in the minutest detail. Synonyms: small, little, tiny, miniature Collocations: minute amount She added that illicit antiquities were a minute amount of a predominantly 'honourable' market. Times, Sunday Times The annihilation of a minute amount of antimatter would produce a huge amount of energy. Times, Sunday Times After being exhibited, it was removed, and we got a minute amount of crisp skin served in a tiny bowl. Times, Sunday Times For each trial or event, the initial conditions consisted of an input pulse and a minute amount of broadband input noise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flowers produce minute amount of nectar in four nectaries located in the base of the corolla tube, around the ovary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fourth official had signalled five minutes of time added on. The Sun It might be the only 3.5 minutes of time you spend on yourself in any given week - and you'll have a silky pelt. Times, Sunday Times On weather-interrupted days in the championship next season, a maximum of 30 minutes of time lost during the day's play can be made up, except on the last day. Times, Sunday Times The opening set-piece was the usual shambles, two minutes of time wasted for a series of resets, finally ended by a blast on the whistle for a penalty. Times, Sunday Times Three players were booked in the four minutes of time added on and at one stage 19 players became embroiled in a set-to. Times, Sunday Times But as the minutes tick by, it becomes obvious that the car won't make it back onto the track. Times, Sunday Times The minutes tick by and still no horse. Times, Sunday Times But as the minutes tick by and you don't move, you start to question the priorities of those who are responsible for clearing away the obstruction. The Sun You are standing on the platform watching in ignorance as the minutes tick by, with little idea of when, or if, your train will ever arrive. Times, Sunday Times Back in town precious minutes tick by as everyone waits anxiously for the vault mechanism to open. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Why squander precious minutes on a photograph when you could be reading, writing or talking about your next trip? Times, Sunday Times So where can you grab a few precious minutes of cold air? Times,Sunday Times Here the speaker wastes precious minutes giving a lot of irrelevant details. Christianity Today I often took the back road because it gave me those few precious minutes away from the telephone and the tyranny of daily crises. Christianity Today Do you spend precious minutes every morning searching for your keys? Times, Sunday Times I never thought of not drawing in every spare minute. Times, Sunday Times We lived and breathed the game, used every spare minute to kick or pass a ball. Times, Sunday Times Then you might have a spare minute to work out what's really important ? Times,Sunday Times Every spare minute was spent reading medical journals, working his way as a trainee through all the branches of medicine, before realising that paediatric neurosurgery was the one for him. Times,Sunday Times Even the best of friends and couples who work together rarely want to share every spare minute in each other's company. Times, Sunday Times With friends made, it was difficult to get them to spend a minute with us onboard. The Sun You only have to spend a minute with him in a public place to realise why. Times, Sunday Times Spend a minute adjusting to their posture, like a method actor. Times, Sunday Times Others were encouraged to spend a minute doing damage to it with pliers, a candle and a stack of pins. Times, Sunday Times Spend a minute less in the shower each day and only fill the kettle with the water you need. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 微小的, 分钟, 做会议记录 Japanese: 微小な, 分, 議事録に記録する |
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