| 单词 | minute |
| 释义 | minute minute1 /min"it/, n. , v. , minuted, minuting, adj. n. 1. the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds. 2. an indefinitely short space of time: Wait a minute! 3. an exact point in time; instant; moment: Come here this minute! 4. minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group. 5. Chiefly Brit. a written summary, note, or memorandum. 6. a rough draft, as of a document. 7. Geom. the sixtieth part of a degree of angular measure, often represented by the sign ', as in 12° 10', which is read as 12 degrees and 10 minutes. Cf. angle1 (def. 1c). 8. up to the minute, modern; up-to-date: The building design is up to the minute. v.t. 9. to time exactly, as movements or speed. 10. to make a draft of (a document or the like). 11. to record in a memorandum; note down. 12. to enter in the minutes of a meeting. adj. 13. prepared in a very short time: minute pudding. [1350-1400; ME < ML minuta, n. use of fem. of minutus MINUTE2] Syn. 2. jiffy, second. MINUTE, INSTANT, MOMENT refer to small amounts of time. A MINUTE, properly denoting 60 seconds, is often used loosely for any very short space of time (and may be interchangeable with second): I'll be there in just a minute. An INSTANT is practically a point in time, with no duration, though it is also used to mean a perceptible amount of time: not an instant's delay. MOMENT denotes much the same as INSTANT, though with a somewhat greater sense of duration (but somewhat less than MINUTE): It will only take a moment. minute2 —minuteness, n. /muy nooht", -nyooht", mi-/, adj. minuter, minutest. 1. extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree: minute differences. 2. of minor importance; insignificant; trifling. 3. attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details: a minute examination. [1425-75; late ME < L minutus (ptp. of minuere to make smaller or fewer), equiv. to minu- verb s. + -tus ptp. suffix. See MINUS, MINOR] Syn. 1. tiny, infinitesimal, minuscule. See little. 3. detailed, exact, precise. Ant. 1. large. 3. rough, general. |
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