minute

noun

1. distance measured by the time taken to cover it

e.g. we live an hour from the airport
its just 10 minutes away

Synonym: hour

2. a short note

e.g. the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting

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

Synonym: arcminuteminute of arc

4. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

e.g. he ran a 4 minute mile

Synonym: min

5. a particular point in time

e.g. the moment he arrived the party began

Synonym: momentsecondinstant

6. an indefinitely short time

e.g. wait just a moment
in a mo
it only takes a minute
in just a bit

Synonym: momentmosecondbit

adj

1. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

e.g. a minute inspection of the grounds
a narrow scrutiny
an exact and minute report

Synonym: narrow

2. infinitely or immeasurably small

e.g. two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
reduced to a microscopic scale

Synonym: infinitesimal

名词和动词用法（NOUN AND VERB USES）

1. 分;分钟
A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time.

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

2. 会议记录
The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it.

e.g. 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。

3. 将…记入会议记录
When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it.

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

4. see also: up-to-the-minute

5. 等一下;且慢
People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.

e.g. Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here...
等一下，伙计们，这里有点不对劲。
e.g. Hey, just a minute!
嗨，等一下！

6. 随时;马上;很快
If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon.

e.g. It looked as though it might rain at any minute...
看上去好像马上就要下雨了。
e.g. He ought to be back any minute...
他应该随时都会回来。

7. 根本不;一点也不
If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.

e.g. I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared...
我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。
e.g. I don't believe him for a minute.
我一点也不相信他。

8. 最后关头; 最后一刻
A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible.

minute

e.g. She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams...
她在为考试进行最后的复习。
e.g. The location has been changed at the last minute...
在最后一刻改变了地点。

9. 下一刻(强调事情发生得很突然)
You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.

e.g. The next minute my father came in...
接着我父亲突然进来了。
e.g. Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.
工作机会稍纵即逝。

10. 一…就…
If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.

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

11. 此刻;就在此时
If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately.

minute是什么意思

e.g. I need to speak with her right this minute...
我现在就需要跟她谈谈。
e.g. Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute.
安娜，住手。马上坐下。

形容词用法（ADJECTIVE USE）

1. 非常细小的;十分微小的
If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small.

e.g. Only a minute amount is needed...
只需要很少的一点点。
e.g. The party was planned in the minutest detail.
晚会策划极为详细。

1. 小步舞曲：第三乐章中速之小步舞曲(Minute)或其他三段式,用属调. 第四乐章急板之回旋曲式(Rondo)、变奏曲式、奏鸣曲式或回旋奏鸣曲式,用主调,性格较第一乐章轻快. 奏鸣曲形式有时为了更适切的表达音乐的内容,而有所改变. 例如,海顿、莫扎特的作品,

2. 一分钟：27.什么在一分钟(minute)发生一次,在一段时间(moment)发生两次,到了公元前350年,奥克斯(Ochus)终于粉碎埃及. 从那时起,埃及就一直在外国人的统治之下. 但埃及仍然是强盛富庶的国家. 二、到基督在世的时代,埃及没有显示出衰落灭亡的征兆.

3. 现在分钟：Hour 现在时刻 | Minute 现在分钟 | Second 现在秒钟