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minute n.分钟；片刻；备忘；会议记录adj.微小的；仔细的vt.记录 (1) 这个花园离市中心只有五分钟的路程。(2) 她有记录每天各种事务的习惯。(3) 他将会议记录速记下来。(4) 我对发生的每件事的细枝末节都记得清清楚楚。(5) 我们的律师仔细地阅读了那份合同。(6) 你记下我刚刚说的话了吗？ Minutus is the Latin word for "small," and it gave rise to both the adjective minute (my-NOOT), or incredibly small, and the noun minute (MIN-it), or 60 seconds of time. Though they are pronounced differently, both words refer to small measurements. An object can be minute, like a flea compared with its dog, and less concrete things can be minute, like your minute chance of winning the lottery. A minute freckle on the side of your nose is a minute detail of your whole face.

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英 ['mɪnɪt] 美 ['mɪnɪt] (1) The park is only five minutes from downtown.(2) She has the habit of making a minute of daily businesses.(3) He took down the minutes in shorthand.(4) I remembered in minute detail everything that had happened.(5) Our lawyer went over the contract in minute detail.(6) Have you minuted what I have just said? Craftsmen can paint whole villages or detailed portraits of people on a grain of rice using minute, or tiny, paintbrushes. Often the works of art are so minute that you can only see them with a magnifying glass. 1. NOUN AND VERB USES 名词和动词用法2. ADJECTIVE USE 形容词用法Part-11[N-COUNT 可数名词]分；分钟 A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time.   [oft num N]The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook...然后比萨饼做出来大约要用20分钟的时间。Bye Mum, see you in a minute...妈妈，一会儿见。Half a minute later she came in the front door...半分钟之后，她就从前门进来了。Within minutes we realized our mistake.没过多久，我们就意识到了自己的错误。2[N-PLURAL 复数名词]会议记录 The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it.   [oft N of n]He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting.他刚才一直在阅读上次会议的记录。3[VERB 动词]将…记入会议记录 When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it.   [V n]You don't need to minute that.你不必把那一点记入会议记录。4See also:up-to-the-minute；  5[CONVENTION 惯用语]等一下；且慢 People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something. Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here...等一下，伙计们，这里有点不对劲。Hey, just a minute!嗨，等一下！6[PHRASE 短语]随时；马上；很快 If you say that something will or  may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon.   [emphasis]It looked as though it might rain at any minute...看上去好像马上就要下雨了。He ought to be back any minute...他应该随时都会回来。Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.那部电话随时可能响。7[PHRASE 短语]根本不；一点也不 If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.   [with brd-neg]  [emphasis]I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared...我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。I don't believe him for a minute.我一点也不相信他。8[PHRASE 短语]最后关头； 最后一刻 A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible.   [PHR n]She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams...她在为考试进行最后的复习。The location has been changed at the last minute...在最后一刻改变了地点。He will probably wait until the last minute.他也许会等到最后一刻。9[PHRASE 短语]下一刻(强调事情发生得很突然) You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.   [emphasis]The next minute my father came in...接着我父亲突然进来了。Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.工作机会稍纵即逝。10[PHRASE 短语]一…就… If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.   [PHR that]  [emphasis]The minute you do this, you'll lose control...你一旦做了这件事，就会失去控制。The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television.战事一起，所有人都盯紧了电视报道。11[PHRASE 短语]此刻；就在此时 If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately.   [emphasis]I need to speak with her right this minute...我现在就需要跟她谈谈。Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute.安娜，住手。马上坐下。Part-21[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]非常细小的；十分微小的 If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small. Only a minute amount is needed...只需要很少的一点点。The party was planned in the minutest detail.晚会策划极为详细。

英语单词	minute
英美音标	英 ['mɪnɪt] 美 ['mɪnɪt]
中文释义	n.分钟；片刻；备忘；会议记录 adj.微小的；仔细的 vt.记录
英语例句	(1) The park is only five minutes from downtown. (2) She has the habit of making a minute of daily businesses. (3) He took down the minutes in shorthand. (4) I remembered in minute detail everything that had happened. (5) Our lawyer went over the contract in minute detail. (6) Have you minuted what I have just said?
中文例句	(1) 这个花园离市中心只有五分钟的路程。 (2) 她有记录每天各种事务的习惯。 (3) 他将会议记录速记下来。 (4) 我对发生的每件事的细枝末节都记得清清楚楚。 (5) 我们的律师仔细地阅读了那份合同。 (6) 你记下我刚刚说的话了吗？
vocabulary简明	Craftsmen can paint whole villages or detailed portraits of people on a grain of rice using minute, or tiny, paintbrushes. Often the works of art are so minute that you can only see them with a magnifying glass.
vocabulary扩展	Minutus is the Latin word for "small," and it gave rise to both the adjective minute (my-NOOT), or incredibly small, and the noun minute (MIN-it), or 60 seconds of time. Though they are pronounced differently, both words refer to small measurements. An object can be minute, like a flea compared with its dog, and less concrete things can be minute, like your minute chance of winning the lottery. A minute freckle on the side of your nose is a minute detail of your whole face.
柯林斯解释	1. NOUN AND VERB USES 名词和动词用法 2. ADJECTIVE USE 形容词用法 Part-1 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]分；分钟 A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time. [oft num N] The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook... 然后比萨饼做出来大约要用20分钟的时间。 Bye Mum, see you in a minute... 妈妈，一会儿见。 Half a minute later she came in the front door... 半分钟之后，她就从前门进来了。 Within minutes we realized our mistake. 没过多久，我们就意识到了自己的错误。 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]会议记录 The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. [oft N of n] He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting. 他刚才一直在阅读上次会议的记录。 3 [VERB 动词]将…记入会议记录 When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it. [V n] You don't need to minute that. 你不必把那一点记入会议记录。 4 See also:up-to-the-minute ； 5 [CONVENTION 惯用语]等一下；且慢 People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something. Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here... 等一下，伙计们，这里有点不对劲。 Hey, just a minute! 嗨，等一下！ 6 [PHRASE 短语]随时；马上；很快 If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon. [emphasis] It looked as though it might rain at any minute... 看上去好像马上就要下雨了。 He ought to be back any minute... 他应该随时都会回来。 Any minute now, that phone is going to ring. 那部电话随时可能响。 7 [PHRASE 短语]根本不；一点也不 If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared... 我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。 I don't believe him for a minute. 我一点也不相信他。 8 [PHRASE 短语]最后关头；最后一刻 A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible. [PHR n] She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams... 她在为考试进行最后的复习。 The location has been changed at the last minute... 在最后一刻改变了地点。 He will probably wait until the last minute. 他也许会等到最后一刻。 9 [PHRASE 短语]下一刻(强调事情发生得很突然) You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly. [emphasis] The next minute my father came in... 接着我父亲突然进来了。 Jobs are there one minute, gone the next. 工作机会稍纵即逝。 10 [PHRASE 短语]一…就… If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing. [PHR that] [emphasis] The minute you do this, you'll lose control... 你一旦做了这件事，就会失去控制。 The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television. 战事一起，所有人都盯紧了电视报道。 11 [PHRASE 短语]此刻；就在此时 If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately. [emphasis] I need to speak with her right this minute... 我现在就需要跟她谈谈。 Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute. 安娜，住手。马上坐下。 Part-2 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]非常细小的；十分微小的 If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small. Only a minute amount is needed... 只需要很少的一点点。 The party was planned in the minutest detail. 晚会策划极为详细。

Minute Phrase 短语 I [Emphasis N Emphasizing People