| 单词 | sec |
| 释义 | sec (once / 8704 pages) 1n 2adj 3n WORD FAMILY sec: secs USAGE EXAMPLES“But I say ‘Oh, wait a sec, it may be that the insurance company paid for all of that.’” New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) “It was, ‘Hang on a sec, who is actually working on this? Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) Who knew that at the end of this election cycle, the aloof Sec. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) 1 n 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper s, second leap second a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation time unit, unit of time a unit for measuring time periods adj (of champagne) moderately dry 3Syn unsweet dry (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation n ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle Syn|Hyper secant circular function, trigonometric function function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle SEC (once / 1835 pages) n WORD FAMILY SEC: SECS USAGE EXAMPLESSouth Carolina plays its first SEC road game of the season when it travels to Auburn on Thursday night. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Maybe the once unrivaled SEC isn’t as strong as initially perceived, thus inflating Alabama’s success this season. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) No team in the SEC started more than two 300 pounders. Edge: Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) n an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors Syn|Hyper Securities and Exchange Commission independent agency an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
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