N-COUNT 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间) A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say 'a second' or 'seconds' when they simply mean a very short time. 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间)
For a few seconds nobody said anything.
有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
It only takes forty seconds.
只需40秒。
Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second.
其轨道速度一定是在每秒几百米。
Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too.
1ORD 第二的;第二个的 The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. 第二的;第二个的
...the second day of his visit to Delhi.
他到访德里的第二天
...their second child.
他们的第二个孩子
My son just got married for the second time.
我的儿子刚刚再婚。
...the Second World War.
第二次世界大战
She was the second of nine children.
她在9个孩子中排行老二。
...King Charles the Second.
查理二世
Britain came second in the Prix St Georges Derby.
英国在圣乔治赛马大奖赛中荣获亚军。
2ORD (用于形容词最高级前)第二…的Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to. (用于形容词最高级前)第二…的
The party is still the second strongest in Italy.
该党仍是意大利的第二大党。
...the second-largest city in the United States.
美国第二大城市
3ADV 第二;其次 You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. 第二;其次
The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉,其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。
4N-COUNT 二级甲等/乙等优秀学位 In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. 二级甲等/乙等优秀学位
I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second.
后来,我考上了兰开斯特大学,获得了二级甲等学位。
5N-PLURAL 添菜 If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. 添菜 [informal]
There's seconds if you want them.
如果需要的话可以添菜。
6N-COUNT [usually plural]二级品;二等货;次货;等外品Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. 二级品;二等货;次货;等外品
It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds.
这是家新开的商店,出售打折商品和等外品。
7N-COUNT [usually plural](拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)副手,助手 The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. (拳击或国际象棋锦标赛的)副手,助手
8VERB 附议,赞同(提案) If you second a proposal in a meeting or debate, you formally express your agreement with it so that it can then be discussed or voted on. 附议,赞同(提案)
...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting. [VERB noun]
赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿
Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members. [VERB noun]
12PHRASE 不比任何事物差;首屈一指 If you say that something is second to none, you are emphasizing that it is very good indeed or the best that there is. 不比任何事物差;首屈一指 [emphasis]
VERB [usually passive]临时调任;临时调派 If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties. 临时调任;临时调派 [British]
In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser. [beVERB-ed + to]
1937 年他被临时调往渥太华的加拿大皇家空军担任军备顾问。
Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
very short moment of time片刻ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECOND | SECOND + VERB | SECOND + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤brief, fleeting, mere, split短暫的一瞬;飛逝的瞬間;僅僅一瞬間;一剎那◇I only saw the man for a split second as he ran past.我只是在那人跑過的時候瞥到了他一眼。◇I swam to the other shore in mere seconds.我片刻間就游到了對岸。➤single一眨眼功夫➤precious珍貴的片刻◇She had wasted a few precious seconds.她浪費了寶貴的幾秒鐘。➤closing, dying (BrE) 即將結束的/即將逝去的片刻◇His goal in the dying seconds of the game secured Rangers a 3-2 victory.他在比賽即將結束時進球得分,使流浪者隊以 3 比 2 獲勝。VERB + SECOND➤take需要片刻時間◇This will only take a second.這只需要一小會兒。➤have有點兒時間◇Do you have a second, Miss White?能佔用您一點兒時間嗎,懷特小姐?➤hang on, hold on, wait稍等一小會兒◇Wait a second-this letter's been sent to me by mistake.等一會兒,這封信誤送到我這兒了。➤spend花一點兒時間◇She wanted to spend every second with him.她想時時刻刻跟他在一起。SECOND + VERB➤go by, pass, tick by時間推移/消逝/流逝◇The seconds ticked by.時間分分秒秒地流逝。SECOND + NOUN➤hand秒針PREPOSITION➤for a second片刻間◇For a second I thought you were my mother.一時間我還以為你是我母親呢。◇I hesitated for a second before speaking.開口說話之前我猶豫了一下。➤in a second過一會兒◇I'll be with you in a second.我過一會兒就去找你。➤in seconds, within seconds不一會兒◇Within seconds he had disappeared from view.他不一會兒就從視野中消失了。PHRASES➤a couple of seconds一會兒◇It took a couple of seconds to realize what was going on.過了一會兒才意識到發生了什麼事。➤a fraction of a second剎那間◇If he'd reacted a fraction of a second later, he would surely have died.如果他當時反應稍慢一丁點兒,就必死無疑了。➤a matter of seconds幾秒鐘的事兒◇The end of the game is only a matter of seconds away.比賽離結束只有幾秒鐘了。➤count the seconds讀秒◇I was counting the seconds until the bell rang.鐘聲敲響前我一直在讀秒。➤in the final seconds在最後時刻◇The game was lost in the final seconds.在最後時刻輸掉了比賽。➤(only) seconds left僅餘片刻◇We only have a few seconds left.我們只剩下幾秒鐘了。◇We were three points behind with only seconds left in the game.我們落後 3 分,而且比賽時間所剩不多了。➤with each passing second, with every passing second分分秒秒◇The room seemed to grow hotter with each passing second.時間一秒一秒地過去,房間似乎也一點兒一點兒熱起來了。➡ note at measure