- [countable]
(symbol ″)
(abbreviation sec.)
a unit for measuring time. There are 60 seconds in one minute.秒（时间单位）- in… seconds She can run 100 metres in just over 11 seconds.她跑 100 米只需 11 秒多一点。
- for… seconds For several seconds he did not reply.一连几秒钟，他都没有回答。
- every… seconds The light flashes every five seconds.灯每五秒闪烁一次。
- per second The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second.水的流速约为每秒 1.5 米。
- The end of the game is only a matter of seconds away.比赛离结束只有几秒钟了。
- Every few seconds, she would turn towards the door.每隔几秒钟，她就会转向门口。
- The scene lasts six seconds.场景持续六秒。
- He scored with less than 60 seconds on the clock (= less than 60 seconds after the game started).他用不到60秒的时间得分。
Extra Examples- I was counting the seconds until the bell.我一直在计时，直到铃响。
- If he'd reacted a fraction of a second later, he would surely have died.如果他当时反应稍慢一丁点儿，就必死无疑了。
- It took a couple of seconds to realize what was going on.过了一会儿才意识到发生了什么事。
- She had wasted a few precious seconds.她浪费了宝贵的几秒钟。
- She wanted to spend every second with him.她想时时刻刻跟他在一起。
- The room seemed to grow hotter with each passing second.时间一秒一秒地过去，房间似乎也一点儿一点儿热起来了。
- The seconds ticked by.时间分分秒秒地流逝。
Topics Timea1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + secondsecond + verbsecond + nounpreposition- for a second
- in a second
- in seconds
- …
phrases- a couple of seconds
- a fraction of a second
- a matter of seconds
- …
See full entry - [countable]
(also informal sec)
a very short time片刻；瞬间 synonym moment- in a second I'll be with you in a second.我马上就去你那儿。
- in/within seconds They had finished within seconds.他们几秒钟内就完成了。
- He scored again in the dying seconds (= the last few seconds) of the game.他在比赛的最后几秒钟再次得分。
- He got out with seconds to spare. 他还剩几秒钟就出来了。
see also split second- Wait a second—this letter's been sent to me by mistake.等一会儿，这封信误送到我这儿了。
- This will only take a second.这只需要一小会儿。
- I hesitated for a second before speaking.开口说话之前我犹豫了一下。
- For a second I thought you were my mother.一时间我还以为你是我母亲呢。
- For a heart-stopping second he thought he had lost his keys.有一瞬间他吓了一跳，以为钥匙丢了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + secondsecond + verbsecond + nounpreposition- for a second
- in a second
- in seconds
- …
phrases- a couple of seconds
- a fraction of a second
- a matter of seconds
- …
See full entry - [countable]
(symbol ″)
a unit for measuring angles. There are 60 seconds in one minute.秒（角度单位）- 1° 6′ 10″ (= one degree, six minutes and ten seconds)1 度 6 分 10 秒
seconds
[plural] (informal) a second amount of the same food that you have just eaten再来的一份食物- Seconds, anybody?有谁需要再来一份吗？
- [countable, usually plural] an item that is sold at a lower price than usual because it is not perfect次货；二等货；等外品
(also second gear)
[uncountable] one of six or seven positions of the gears in a vehicle（车辆的）二挡- to change down from third to second从第三名降为第二名
- in second When it's icy, move off in second.路面有冰时，起步挂二挡。
- [countable] a level of university degree at British universities. An upper second is a good degree and a lower second is average.二等学位（英国大学学位等级，upper second 为二等上，较好；lower second 为二等下，一般）
- He got a good second in history.他获得历史专业的二级优等学位。
compare first, thirdTopics Educationc2 - [countable] a person whose role is to help and support somebody else, for example in a boxing match or in a formal duel in the past（拳击比赛或旧时正式决斗的）助手
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English: from medieval Latin secunda (minuta) ‘second (minute)’, feminine (used as a noun) of secundus, referring to the “second” operation of dividing an hour by sixty. noun senses 4 to 8 Middle English: via Old French from Latin secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms just a minute/moment/second
- (informal) used to ask somebody to wait for a short time稍等一会儿；请稍候
- ‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’“我可以见伯恩斯先生吗？” “请稍等一会儿，我来查一下。”
wait a minute/moment/second
- to wait for a short time等一会儿；稍等一下
- Can you wait a second while I make a call?你能等一会儿让我打个电话吗？
- Hey! Wait a minute! I'll come with you!喂，等一下！我和你一起去！
- used when you have just noticed or remembered something, or had a sudden idea（刚注意到、想起某事或突然想出了主意）且慢，等一等
- Wait a minute—this isn't the right key.等一等，不是这把钥匙。
