首页英语词典minuteminute的意思

minute

英 ['mɪnɪt] 美['mɪnɪt]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词tiny small moment insignificant instant slight miniature

反义词

n. 分，分钟；片刻，一会儿；备忘录，笔记；会议记录
vt. 将…记录下来
adj. 微小的，详细的 [maɪˈnjuːt; US -ˈnuːt; maɪˋnut]

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词态变化

复数: minutes;第三人称单数: minutes;过去式: minuted;过去分词: minuted;现在分词: minuting;副词: minutely;

中文词源

minute 分钟，分

来自拉丁语minutus,小的，少的，来自PIE*mei,小的，词源同minus,minimum.分钟义来自拉丁短语pars minuta prima,即prime minute part,最初被数学家用于指圈的1/60，后用于指小时的1/60，即1分钟。秒second来自拉丁短语secunda minuta,即second minute,第二个1/60，即1秒钟。

minute 极小的，微小的，会议记录

来自拉丁语minutus,小的，少的，来自PIE*mei,小的，词源同minus,minimum.引申词义极小的，微小的，后作用名词指会议记录。

英英释意

1. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;: "he ran a 4 minute mile"

2. an indefinitely short time;: "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

3. a particular point in time;: "the moment he arrived the party began"

4. a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

5. a short note;: "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"

6. distance measured by the time taken to cover it;: "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"

英文词源

minute: minute: [14] Latin minūtus ‘small’ was a derivative of the verb minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English diminish), which itself was based on the element min- ‘small’. In medieval Latin the term pars minuta prima ‘first small part’ was applied to a ‘sixtieth part of a whole’ – originally of a circle, later of an hour (likewise a second was originally a secunda minuta, a sixtieth of a sixtieth).

Hence minūta itself came to be used for the unit of time, and that was the original meaning of minute when English acquired it via Old French. Its use for ‘note, record’ may derive from the Latin expression minuta scriptura, which denoted the writing of a rough draft in ‘small’ writing. The adjective minute ‘small’ was an independent 15th-century borrowing direct from Latin.

A French descendant of minūtus is the adjective menu ‘small’; its extended sense ‘detailed’ has led to its noun use for ‘list’, and the expression menu de repas ‘meal list’ has given English menu [19]. Other members of the extended family of English words that come ultimately from Latin min- include métier, mince, minim [15], minimum [17], minister, minor, minstrel, minuet [17], minus, minuscule [18], and minutia [15].
=> menu, métier, mince, minister, minor, minstrel, minus, minuscule
minute (n.): "sixtieth part of an hour or degree," late 14c., from Old French minut (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin minuta "minute, short note," from Latin minuta, noun use of fem. of minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). In Medieval Latin, pars minuta prima "first small part" was used by mathematician Ptolemy for one-sixtieth of a circle, later of an hour (next in order was secunda minuta, which became second (n.)). German Minute, Dutch minuut also are from French. Used vaguely for "short time" from late 14c. As a measure expressing distance (travel time) by 1886. Minute hand is attested from 1726.
minute (adj.): early 15c., "chopped small," from Latin minutus "little, small, minute," past participle of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (see minus). Meaning "very small in size or degree" is attested from 1620s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.

同义词辨析

little, small, tiny, minute, miniature

这些形容词均有"小的"之意。

little：指在体积、数量、距离、年龄、身材等方面比正常的小，多带主观感情色彩，含小而可爱或小巧的意味。

small：多指数量、面积、体积、价值、数字或意义等的小或少，指略小于正常的大小。

tiny：强调与同类或其他物体比较，小得超

出正常比例，有时带强烈的感情色彩。

minute：指小得难看见，有时需用显微镜才看得见。

miniature：指由正常体积微缩的物体。

moment, minute, instant

这些名词均含"瞬间，片刻"之意。

moment较minute所表示的时间短，指一刹那或一段很短时间。有时也含持续的意味。

minute：指极短的时间，但可觉察到时间的持续。

instant常与moment换用，指一瞬间，但更侧重时间短促，多用于表示紧迫、瞬变等情况。

考试真题

On top of all that, a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last- minute preparations for a test.

Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours.

Can't we stay here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.

Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.

To get maximum benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week.

The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes.

Yeah, but that only leaves me 30 minutes to clear customs in getting to the city center and (13) it means I have to check in by 5:30, which means leaving home at about 4:

Tom, would you please watch my suitcase for a minute?

Our train doesn't leave for another twenty minutes.

The woman's watch is twenty minutes fast

The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories—only minutes after they happen—but soon he's presented with a contract to sign.

It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened: his car had been on a private lot.

About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.

Chris Koch, who teaches "History of Broadcast Journalism" at Montgomery Community College in Rockville, Maryland, points out that reporting is about investigation rather than the memorization of minute details.

For example, we have quartz crystal clocks and watches accurate to within one minute a year.

May I have a minute of your time?

The development of fiber-optic cables allowed for billions of bits of information to be received every minute.

There are people who always wait until the last minute, and make it much harder than it needs to be.

We found that the number of bacteria transferred to either kind of food didn't depend much on how long the food was in contact with the contaminated surface——whether for a few seconds or for a whole minute.

Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axe deodorant ( ' , 除臭剂), which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average.

These less- stressed workers gained an average of 62 minutes per week of productivity.

We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time, says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

It would all be innocent enough—20 minutes of busy work—except it comes attached to a personal essay.

Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay

the man whose horse trots（奔跑）a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.

For more than 20 years, therefore, I have been going several times a year-often for no longer than three days-to a Benedictine hermitage（修道院）,40 minutes down the road, as it happens, from the Post Ranch Inn.

Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute.

Yes, he did a really fine job, filling in for Marsha like that at the last minute

He will be back in a minute to repair the computers.

Near the end of the 25 minutes she had set, Delia said she would take two more questions.

M :I left 20 pages here to copy ,here's the receipt W : I'm sorry ,sir ,but we are a little behind ,could you come back in a few minutes

"We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time," says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

But these waterways seem minute in comparison to the world's two lengthiest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.

If every distraction took only 1 minute, that would account for 2.5 hours a day.

within their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house sensors and communications receivers/ transmitters that enable operators to study Earth from space, as well as space around Earth.

An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later.

Besides, the professor might leave after ten minutes, which would make your trip a total loss.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored.

Approximate travel times: windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.

As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.

As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes.

Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at 30 minutes.

Documentary: a visual presentationsuch as a video,slide show,or computer projectno more than 10 minutes long.

During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day.

Each interview that you get on the street shouldn't be longer than ten minutes.

Five minutes after he arrived, he had an emergency call and left.

Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity - roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness.

He has a constant urge to check for text messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He's so addicted to it that he just can't stand the idea that there may be an important text.

He was getting colder by the minute.

I completed the task within 40 minutes.

I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max.

I got here a few days ago, on Saturday...oh, no, wait a minute...sorry, Friday, not Saturday.

I guess I need another minute.

I must have talked for ten minutes.

I need to be in my office in fifteen minutes, or I'll be late for a meeting.

I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.

I'll be seeing you here again in fifteen minutes.

It takes sunscreen about fifteen minutes to start working, and that's plenty of time for your skin to absorb a day's worth of Vitamin D.

It's become natural to check facts as I write, taking a minute or two to dip into pubmed, wikipedia, or other websites.

It's only a 20-minute drive and the traffic will be good at that time.

Keep in mind that in a fifteen-minute office hour which is how long these things usually last, two or three questions are usually the most you'll have time to discuss.

Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the plaza theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups.

Mom, this is going to take forever! Animal world will be on in 20 minutes.

Oh, there's a nice café about two minutes from here.

Oh, wait a minute! I made a mistake.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated.

Performance: a dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long.

She still had to run more than half a mile and had only a few minutes left.

She will be here in about twenty minutes.

Six volunteers slid down the cliff with the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a 90-minute search.

Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes.

Still, the people who exercise 150 minutes a week did pretty well, too, lowering their death risk by 14%.

The study showed that people who put in 300 minutes a week of exercise had a 20% lower risk of death due to heart disease.

The transition, which flew at 1, 400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.

They settled in at a comfortable east side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

They're not usually a sign of something serious, but they can last from 30 minutes to 7 days.

To help determine the ingredients of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other's individuality.

Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 which/that showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all causes.

When I ask him to please put down the phone and stop ignoring me, he says, "In a minute," but still checks to see if someone has posted something new on the Internet.

You have 45 minutes today ― and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.

To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five.

词组搭配

any minute (或 at any minute)

very soon

随时

at the minute

(Brit. informal)at the present time

(英，非正式)目前；此时

by the minute

(especially of the progress of a change) very rapidly

（尤指变化进程）迅速地，极快地

matters grew worse by the minute.
事态迅速恶化。

just (或 wait) a minute

used as a request to delay an action, departure, or decision for a short time, usually to allow the speaker to do something

稍等片刻

wait a minute—I have to put my make-up on.
稍等一下——我还要化妆。

as a prelude to a challenge, query, or objection

且慢

wait a minute—that just isn't true.
且慢——那根本不对。

the minute (或 the minute that)

as soon as

一…（就）

not for a minute

not at all

根本不，一点也不

don't think for a minute that our pricing has affected our quality standards.
千万不要认为我们的定价影响了我们的质量标准。

this minute (或 this very minute) informal 非正式

at once; immediately

立即，马上

(Brit.)only a short while ago

(英)刚才，方才

I've &B{just this minute} got back to the flat.
我刚回到公寓。

实用场景例句

It's four minutes to six.: 差四分六点。

I'll be back in a few minutes.: 我一会儿就回来。

Boil the rice for 20 minutes.: 将米煮20分钟。

a ten-minute bus ride: 乘公共汽车十分钟的路程

I enjoyed every minute of the party.: 我在这次聚会上从头到尾都非常开心。

It only takes a minute to make a salad.: 只要一会儿就能做好色拉。

Hang on a minute ─I'll just get my coat.: 等一下——我去拿外套。

I just have to finish this─I won't be a minute.: 我得做完这活儿——一会儿就好。

Could I see you for a minute?: 我能见你一下吗？

I'll be with you in a minute , Jo.: 一会儿见，乔。

The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook...: 然后比萨饼做出来大约要用20分钟的时间。

Bye Mum, see you in a minute...: 妈妈，一会儿见。

He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting.: 他刚才一直在阅读上次会议的记录。

You don't need to minute that.: 你不必把那一点记入会议记录。

Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here...: 等一下，伙计们，这里有点不对劲。

Hey, just a minute!: 嗨，等一下！

It looked as though it might rain at any minute...: 看上去好像马上就要下雨了。

He ought to be back any minute...: 他应该随时都会回来。

I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared...: 我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。

I don't believe him for a minute.: 我一点也不相信他。

She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams...: 她在为考试进行最后的复习。

The location has been changed at the last minute...: 在最后一刻改变了地点。

The next minute my father came in...: 接着我父亲突然进来了。

Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.: 工作机会稍纵即逝。

The minute you do this, you'll lose control...: 你一旦做了这件事，就会失去控制。

The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television.: 战事一起，所有人都盯紧了电视报道。

I need to speak with her right this minute...: 我现在就需要跟她谈谈。

Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute.: 安娜，住手。马上坐下。

Only a minute amount is needed...: 只需要很少的一点点。

The party was planned in the minutest detail.: 晚会策划极为详细。