- [countable] (abbreviation min.)
each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds 分鐘;分 - minutes to…
It's four minutes to six. 差四分六點。 - minutes past…
four minutes past two 2點4 分 - minutes after/before…
five minutes after/before midnight 午夜後/前五分鐘 - in… minutes
I'll be back in a few minutes. 我一會兒就回來。 - for… minutes
Boil the rice for 20 minutes. 將米煮 20 分鐘。 - within minutes
The ship sank within minutes. 轉眼間船就沉沒了。 - per minute
The pump delivers seven gallons per minute. 這台泵每分鐘輸送7加侖。 It's only a ten-minute bus ride into town. 從這裏乘公共汽車進城只需十分鐘。 Two minutes later the phone rang. 兩分鐘後,電話鈴響了。 I enjoyed every minute of the party. 我在這次聚會上從頭到尾都非常開心。 The students took fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire. 學生花了十五分鐘完成問卷。 Just minutes into the second half of the game Robinson scored his second goal. 比賽進行到下半場才幾分鐘,羅賓遜就打進了他的第二個進球。 Eguchi scored two goals in the 87th minute. 江口在第87分鐘進了兩個球。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1It takes only a few minutes to grill this fish. 烤這條魚只需要幾分鐘。 He listened for a couple of minutes, then smiled. 他聽了幾分鐘,然後笑了。 There were two goals in the opening five minutes of the game. 比賽開始的五分鐘裏有兩個進球。 After twenty minutes I started to get worried. 20 分鐘過去了,我開始擔心起來。 Fifteen minutes turned into thirty, and still no one called. 15 分鐘變成了 30 分鐘,仍然沒人打來電話。 For ten agonizing minutes she couldn't find her son. 她找不到自己兒子的那 10 分鐘真是痛苦之極。 Gina wasted ten precious minutes on her final test question. 吉娜在最後一個考試題目上浪費了寶貴的 10 分鐘。 He scored in the final minutes of the game. 他在比賽的最後幾分鐘得了分。 I spent ten minutes dealing with emails. 我花了 10 分鐘處理電子郵件。 If you have a few spare minutes, you could clean the kitchen. 如果你有幾分鐘空餘時間,可以把廚房打掃一下嘛。 Ten long minutes later, he finally had the results. 過了漫長的 10 分鐘,他終於得到了結果。 The film starts in ten minutes. 電影將在10 分鐘後開演。 The minutes ticked by and still nothing happened. 時間一分一秒地過去,仍然什麽事也沒發生。 The noise lasted almost a full minute. 噪聲幾乎持續了整整一分鐘。 Tracey was already counting the minutes until the weekend. 特雷西已經在數着分鐘盼望周末了。 We waited for ten minutes and then left. 我們等了 10 分鐘,然後就離開了。 With each passing minute, the tension mounts. 每過一分鐘,緊張就加劇一些。 the minute hand on the clock 時鐘的分針
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 一會兒;一會兒的工夫 It only takes a minute to make a salad. 只要一會兒就能做好色拉。 Could you wait a minute, please? 請你等一會兒,好嗎? 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. 我得做完這活兒,一會兒就好。 - for a minute
Could I see you for a minute? 我能見你一下嗎? - in a minute
I'll be with you in a minute, Jo. 一會兒見,喬。 Typical English weather—one minute it's raining and the next minute the sun is shining. 典型的英國天氣,時雨時晴。 My brain was still working a mile a minute (= very fast). 我的大腦仍在以每分鐘一英裏的速度運轉。
Extra ExamplesCan you spare a minute? 你能抽出一點兒時間嗎? Do you have a minute, Miss Brown? 布朗小姐,能耽誤你一點兒時間嗎? This will only take a minute. 這只需一點兒時間。 One minute he was fine and the next minute he collapsed on the floor. 前一分鐘他還好好的,可下一分鐘就癱倒在地板上了。
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 時刻 - at that/the minute
At that very minute, Tom walked in. 就在這時候,湯姆走了進來。 I've got things on my mind at the minute. 我現在有心事。
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(角度單位,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 會議記錄;會議紀要 We read through the minutes of the last meeting. 我們認真通讀了上次會議的紀要。 Who is going to take the minutes (= write them)? 誰來做會議記錄? I wrote up the minutes of the meeting and circulated them by email. 我整理了會議記錄,並用電子郵件發給了大家。
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;簡短記錄;備忘錄
part of hour分鐘
very short time短暫的時間
exact moment時刻
angles角
record of meeting會議記錄
short note簡短記錄
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;馬上 Matters grew worse by the minute. 事態迅速惡化。
fifteen minutes of fame
a short period of being famous 一會兒;一會兒的工夫 Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame. 每個人都想要十五分鐘的名氣。
just a minute/moment/second
the last minute/moment
the latest possible time before an important event (重大事情前的)最後一刻,緊要關頭 They changed the plans at the last minute. 事到臨頭他們卻改變了計劃。 Don't leave your decision to the last moment. 别等到最後一刻才來作決定。
Extra ExamplesDon't leave everything till the last minute. 别把什麽事都拖到最後一刻。 Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave? 你爲什麽非得等到最後一刻才爲動身作準備呢?
the minute (that)…
not for a/one minute
there’s one born every minute
- (saying)
used to say that somebody is very stupid 總有那種傻瓜
this minute
to the minute
up to the minute (informal)
fashionable and modern 時髦;緊跟時尚;入時 having the latest information see also up-to-the-minute包含最新信息的;時時更新的
wait a minute/moment/second