split-second

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌsplɪtˈsɛk(ə)nd/    美 /ˌsplɪtˈsɛkənd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson. attributive
  2. A fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.
    — It's very dangerous, though, when a man thinks for a split second that he understands death.

词形变化

split-seconds plural split second alternative

词汇关系

相关词
nick of time

词源

From split (adjective) + second (noun), from split second(s) hands: see sense 1.
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