| 单词 | minute |
| 释义 | minute (once / 24 pages) 1n 2adj 3n 4n Craftsmen can paint whole villages or detailed portraits of people on a grain of rice using minute, or tiny, paintbrushes. Often the works of art are so minute that you can only see them with a magnifying glass. Minutus is the Latin word for "small," and it gave rise to both the adjective minute (my-NOOT), or incredibly small, and the noun minute (MIN-it), or 60 seconds of time. Though they are pronounced differently, both words refer to small measurements. An object can be minute, like a flea compared with its dog, and less concrete things can be minute, like your minute chance of winning the lottery. A minute freckle on the side of your nose is a minute detail of your whole face. WORD FAMILYminute: minutely, minuteness, minuter, minutes, minutest+/minuteness: minutenesses USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s 21 unanswered Penn State points in less than three minutes, and the Trojans seemed done. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) This was more a story of resilience, of surviving a nightmarish third quarter and finding some kind of resolve in the closing minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) USC trailed 49-35 with nine minutes to play, but persevered to win one of the greatest Rose Bowls of all time. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour he ran a 4 minute mile Syn|Hyper min time unit, unit of time a unit for measuring time periods 2n an indefinitely short time it only takes a minute Syn|Hypo|Hyper bit, mo, moment, second New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) time an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) 3n a particular point in time Syn|Hypo|Hyper instant, moment, second climax, culmination the decisive moment in a novel or play eleventh hour, last minutethe latest possible moment moment of trutha crucial moment on which much depends moment of truththe moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull pinpointa very brief moment timea suitable moment psychological momentthe most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect high timethe latest possible moment occasionthe time of a particular event point, point in time an instant of time 4n distance measured by the time taken to cover it 2its just 10 minutes away Syn|Hyper hour distance the property created by the space between two objects or points 1adj infinitely or immeasurably small two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm Syn infinitesimal little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2adj characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination 3a minute inspection of the grounds an exact and minute report Syn narrow careful exercising caution or showing care or attention n a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree 4Syn|Hyper arcminute, minute of arc angular unit a unit of measurement for angles n a short note the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting Hyper note a brief written record |
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