minute

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 [maɪ̯ˈnjuːt]|[maɪ̯ˈnjʊwt]|[mɪˈnjuːt]|[mɪˈnjʊwt]    美 [maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]|[məˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
    — Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
  2. A short but unspecified time period. informal
    — give me a minute
  3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
    — We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
  4. A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. in-plural
    — Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
  5. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
    — If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
  6. A point in time; a moment.
    — I conked out the minute I got home.
  7. A nautical or a geographic mile.
  8. An old coin, a half farthing.
  9. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit. obsolete
    — […]according to the Prophecies of him, which were so clear and descended to minutes and circumstances of his passion
  10. A fixed part of a module.
  11. A while or a long unspecified period of time. Canada,US,dialectal,slang
    — Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
  12. The distance that can be traveled in a minute.
动词 v.
  1. Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting. transitive
    — I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
  2. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
    — The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.
形容词 adj.
  1. Very small.
    — They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
  2. Very careful and exact, giving small details.
    — The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.

词形变化

minutes plural minutes present,singular,third-person minuting participle,present minuted participle,past minuted past minuter comparative more minute comparative minutest superlative most minute superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”).
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