| 单词 | split second |
| 释义 | split secondSEE SYNONYMS FOR split second ON THESAURUS.COM nouna fraction of a second. an infinitesimal amount of time; instant; twinkling. Origin of split secondFirst recorded in 1880–85 OTHER WORDS FROM split secondsplit-second, adjectiveWords nearby split secondsplit roll, split run, splits, split screen, split-screen technique, split second, split shift, split-skin graft, split spindle, splitsville, splittail Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for split secondBritish Dictionary definitions for split secondsplit second nounan extremely small period of time; instant adjective split-second (prenominal)made or arrived at in an infinitely short timea split-second decision depending upon minute precisionsplit-second timing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with split secondsplit second An instant, a fraction of a second, as in Our best swimmer came in a split second before theirs. This expression alludes to a stop watch that has two second hands, one above the other, for timing more than one athlete or intervals of a race by a single athlete. Each hand can be stopped independently of the other, so a second can be “split” when one second hand stops a fraction of a second after the other. [c. 1880] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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