minute

其他意思

1. n. 分, 分鐘, 片刻, 備忘錄, 筆記

   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.

   • The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook

2. v. 記錄, 摘錄, 測定時間

   When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it.

   • You don't need to minute that.

3. adj. 微小的, 詳細的

   If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small.

   • Only a minute amount is needed

4. 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