- [countable] (abbreviation min.)
each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds 分钟;分 - minutes to…
It's four minutes to six. 差四分六点。 - minutes past…
four minutes past two 2点4 分 - minutes after/before…
five minutes after/before midnight 午夜后/前五分钟 - in… minutes
I'll be back in a few minutes. 我一会儿就回来。 - for… minutes
Boil the rice for 20 minutes. 将米煮 20 分钟。 - within minutes
The ship sank within minutes. 转眼间船就沉没了。 - per minute
The pump delivers seven gallons per minute. 这台泵每分钟输送7加仑。 It's only a ten-minute bus ride into town. 从这里乘公共汽车进城只需十分钟。 Two minutes later the phone rang. 两分钟后,电话铃响了。 I enjoyed every minute of the party. 我在这次聚会上从头到尾都非常开心。 The students took fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire. 学生花了十五分钟完成问卷。 Just minutes into the second half of the game Robinson scored his second goal. 比赛进行到下半场才几分钟,罗宾逊就打进了他的第二个进球。 Eguchi scored two goals in the 87th minute. 江口在第87分钟进了两个球。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1It takes only a few minutes to grill this fish. 烤这条鱼只需要几分钟。 He listened for a couple of minutes, then smiled. 他听了几分钟,然后笑了。 There were two goals in the opening five minutes of the game. 比赛开始的五分钟里有两个进球。 After twenty minutes I started to get worried. 20 分钟过去了,我开始担心起来。 Fifteen minutes turned into thirty, and still no one called. 15 分钟变成了 30 分钟,仍然没人打来电话。 For ten agonizing minutes she couldn't find her son. 她找不到自己儿子的那 10 分钟真是痛苦之极。 Gina wasted ten precious minutes on her final test question. 吉娜在最后一个考试题目上浪费了宝贵的 10 分钟。 He scored in the final minutes of the game. 他在比赛的最后几分钟得了分。 I spent ten minutes dealing with emails. 我花了 10 分钟处理电子邮件。 If you have a few spare minutes, you could clean the kitchen. 如果你有几分钟空余时间,可以把厨房打扫一下嘛。 Ten long minutes later, he finally had the results. 过了漫长的 10 分钟,他终于得到了结果。 The film starts in ten minutes. 电影将在10 分钟后开演。 The minutes ticked by and still nothing happened. 时间一分一秒地过去,仍然什么事也没发生。 The noise lasted almost a full minute. 噪声几乎持续了整整一分钟。 Tracey was already counting the minutes until the weekend. 特雷西已经在数着分钟盼望周末了。 We waited for ten minutes and then left. 我们等了 10 分钟,然后就离开了。 With each passing minute, the tension mounts. 每过一分钟,紧张就加剧一些。 the minute hand on the clock 时钟的分针
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closing
- final
- opening
- …
- spend
- last
- take
- …
- elapse
- pass
- tick by
- …
- hand
- after… minutes
- for… minutes
- in… minutes
- …
- minutes to…
- [singular] (informal)
a very short time 一会儿;一会儿的工夫 It only takes a minute to make a salad. 只要一会儿就能做好色拉。 Could you wait a minute, please? 请你等一会儿,好吗? 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。 - for a minute
Could I see you for a minute? 我能见你一下吗? - in a minute
I'll be with you in a minute, Jo. 一会儿见,乔。 Typical English weather—one minute it's raining and the next minute the sun is shining. 典型的英国天气,时雨时晴。 My brain was still working a mile a minute (= very fast). 我的大脑仍在以每分钟一英里的速度运转。
Extra ExamplesCan you spare a minute? 你能抽出一点儿时间吗? Do you have a minute, Miss Brown? 布朗小姐,能耽误你一点儿时间吗? This will only take a minute. 这只需一点儿时间。 One minute he was fine and the next minute he collapsed on the floor. 前一分钟他还好好的,可下一分钟就瘫倒在地板上了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
- next
- spare
- …
- hang on
- hold on
- wait
- …
- in a minute
- within minutes
- every waking minute
- just a minute
- the minute something happens
- …
- [singular]
an exact moment in time 时刻 - at that/the minute
At that very minute, Tom walked in. 就在这时候,汤姆走了进来。 I've got things on my mind at the minute. 我现在有心事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
- next
- spare
- …
- hang on
- hold on
- wait
- …
- in a minute
- within minutes
- every waking minute
- just a minute
- the minute something happens
- …
- at that/the minute
- [countable]
each of the 60 equal parts of a degree, used in measuring angles 分(角度单位,六十分之一度) 37 degrees 30 minutes (37° 30′) 37 度 30 分
- the minutes[plural]
a summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting 会议记录;会议纪要 We read through the minutes of the last meeting. 我们认真通读了上次会议的纪要。 Who is going to take the minutes (= write them)? 谁来做会议记录? I wrote up the minutes of the meeting and circulated them by email. 我整理了会议记录,并用电子邮件发给了大家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + minutes- keep
- take
- circulate
- …
- the minutes of a meeting
- [countable]
a short note on a subject, especially one that recommends a course of action 摘要;简短记录;备忘录
part of hour分钟
very short time短暂的时间
exact moment时刻
angles角
record of meeting会议记录
short note简短记录
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. The sense record of a meeting is from late Middle English (in the singular in the sense ‘note or memorandum’): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in “small writing” (Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
(at) any minute (now)
by the minute
very fast 很快;马上 Matters grew worse by the minute. 事态迅速恶化。
fifteen minutes of fame
a short period of being famous 一会儿;一会儿的工夫 Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame. 每个人都想要十五分钟的名气。
just a minute/moment/second
the last minute/moment
the latest possible time before an important event (重大事情前的)最后一刻,紧要关头 They changed the plans at the last minute. 事到临头他们却改变了计划。 Don't leave your decision to the last moment. 别等到最后一刻才来作决定。
Extra ExamplesDon't leave everything till the last minute. 别把什么事都拖到最后一刻。 Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave? 你为什么非得等到最后一刻才为动身作准备呢?
the minute (that)…
not for a/one minute
there’s one born every minute
- (saying)
used to say that somebody is very stupid 总有那种傻瓜
this minute
to the minute
up to the minute (informal)
fashionable and modern 时髦;紧跟时尚;入时 having the latest information see also up-to-the-minute包含最新信息的;时时更新的
wait a minute/moment/second