| 单词 | second |
| 释义 | Word Frequency second 1(ˈsɛkənd) adjective (usually prenominal) 1. a. coming directly after the first in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of two: often written 2nd b. (as noun) the second in line 2. rated, graded, or ranked between the first and third levels 3. alternate every second Thursday 4. additional; extra a second opportunity 5. resembling a person or event from an earlier period of history; unoriginal a second Wagner 6. of lower quality; inferior belonging to the second class 7. denoting the lowest but one forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle 8. music a. relating to or denoting a musical part, voice, or instrument lower in pitch than another part, voice, or instrument (the first) the second tenors b. of or relating to a part, instrument, or instrumentalist regarded as subordinate to another (the first) the second flute 9. at second hand noun 10. British education an honours degree of the second class, usually further divided into an upper and lower designation Full term: second-class honours degree 11. the lowest but one forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle he changed into second on the bend 12. (in boxing, duelling, etc) an attendant who looks after a competitor 13. a speech seconding a motion or the person making it 14. music a. the interval between one note and another lying next above or below it in the diatonic scale b. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also minor (sense 4), major (sense 14), interval (sense 5)15. (plural) goods of inferior quality 16. (plural) informal a second helping of food 17. (plural) the second course of a meal verb (transitive) 18. to give aid or backing to 19. (in boxing, etc) to act as second to (a competitor) 20. to make a speech or otherwise express formal support for (a motion already proposed) adverb 21. Also: secondly in the second place sentence connector 22. Also: secondly as the second point: linking what follows with the previous statement Derived forms seconder (ˈseconder) noun Word origin C13: via Old French from Latin secundus coming next in order, from sequī to followWord Frequency second 2(ˈsɛkənd) noun 1. a. 1⁄60 of a minute of time b. the basic SI unit of time: the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of caesium-133 Symbol: s2. 1⁄60 of a minute of angle Symbol: ″3. a very short period of time; moment Word origin C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin pars minūta secunda the second small part (a minute being the first small part of an hour); see second1Word Frequency second 3(sɪˈkɒnd) verb (transitive) British 1. to transfer (an employee) temporarily to another branch, etc 2. military to transfer (an officer) to another post, often retiring him or her to a staff or nonregimental position Word origin C19: from French en second in second rank (or position) |
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