| 词组 | minute |
| 释义 | noun | adjective minute1 /ˈmɪnət, ˈmɪnɪt/ noun 1. one sixtieth of an hourverbs + minutetake five/ten etc minutes It takes 15 minutes to walk into town.last (for) five/ten etc minutes The speech lasted exactly 45 minutes.spend five/ten etc minutes Spend a few minutes thinking about your goals in life.wait (for) five/ten etc minutes He waited five minutes and then dialed again.minute + verbsminutes pass also minutes elapse formal He glanced at the clock. Less than two minutes had passed.the minutes go by/tick by (=they pass) The minutes ticked by, but there was still no sign of the train.the minutes fly by (=they seem to pass quickly) The minutes were flying by, and soon they would have to leave.the minutes drag by (=they seem to pass slowly) The minutes dragged by. Finally, I was called into the interview room.adjectivesevery (single) minute It’s a great film, and I loved every minute of it.a spare minute (=one when you are free to do other things) There was so much to do, Sarah rarely had a spare minute.for a full minute (=for a minute – used when this seems a long time) For a full minute, neither of them spoke.adverbs five/ten etc minutes later Five minutes later, the phone rang again. five/ten etc minutes earlier He said that David had left a few minutes earlier. five/ten etc minutes ago Mr Roberts arrived about five minutes ago.phrasesin the space of five/ten etc minutes (=within a period of five, ten etc minutes) They scored two goals in the space of five minutes.prepositionsfor five/ten etc minutes Cook the mushrooms for two minutes.in five/ten etc minutes Meet me in my room in five minutes.after five/ten etc minutes After ten minutes, I got up and left. When saying how soon something will happen, you usually say in, not ‘after’: I’ll be back in ten minutes.Saying what time it isMinute is used especially when speaking in a very exact way: It’s 23 minutes past 7. Normally when you are saying what time it is, you use 5, 10, quarter, 20, 25, or half, without using the word minutes: It’s nearly 25 to 5. It’s just gone half past 12. 2. a very short period of timeverbstake a minute It’ll only take a minute to fix.have a minute Do you have a minute? I have a couple of questions to ask you.wait a minute/hold on a minute Wait a minute – I’ve not finished explaining.adverbsa minute ago She was here a minute ago.just a minute (=used when telling someone to wait for you) “Can you come downstairs?” “Just a minute! I’m getting dressed!”(not for) a single minute (=not for one moment) I have never regretted it for a single minute.prepositionsfor a minute I hesitated for a minute.in a minute He’ll be all right in a minute.in/within minutes Within minutes, she was asleep.3. the minutes of a meeting are an official written record of what has been said and decidedGrammarAlways plural in this meaning.verbstake the minutes also do the minutes informal (=write them down) The secretary was away, so I took the minutes.read the minutes The Honorary Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting.approve the minutes (=formally accept them as the record of a meeting) The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.circulate the minutes All committee minutes are circulated to members of the Board.phrasesthe minutes of a meeting The minutes of the meeting reveal that several members of the committee disliked the idea. noun | adjective minute2 /maɪˈnjuːt $ -ˈnuːt/ adjective THESAURUS > tiny |
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