used when you subtract (= take away) one number or thing from another one 減;減去 Seven minus three is four (7 − 3 = 4). 七減去三等於四。 the former Soviet Union, minus the Baltic republics and Georgia 前蘇聯,不包括波羅的海諸共和國及格魯吉亞
used to express temperature below zero degrees 零下 It was minus ten. 氣溫爲零下十度。 The temperature dropped to minus 28 degrees centigrade (−28°C). 氣溫降到零下 28 攝氏度。
- (informal)
without something that was there before 無,欠缺(曾經有過的東西) opposite plus1
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin, neuter of minor ‘less’.
Idioms
plus or minus
used when the number mentioned may actually be more or less by a particular amount compare give or take或多或少;左右;大約