| 单词 | second |
| 释义 | 1. part of a minute2. coming after something else3. sending someone to do a job second (sekənd ) part of a minute Word forms: seconds countable noun A2 A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say 'a second' or 'seconds' when they simply mean a very short time. For a few seconds nobody said anything. It only takes forty seconds. Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second. Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too. Seconds later, firemen reached his door. Synonyms: moment, minute, instant, flash second (sekənd ) coming after something else Word forms: seconds , seconding , seconded 1. ordinal number A1 The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. ...the second day of his visit to Delhi. ...their second child. My son just got married for the second time. ...the Second World War. She was the second of nine children. ...King Charles the Second. Britain came second in the Prix St Georges Derby. 2. ordinal number B1 Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to. The party is still the second strongest in Italy. ...the second-largest city in the United States. 3. adverb B2 You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second by bacterial action. 4. countable noun B2 In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. 5. plural noun B1+ If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. [informal] There's seconds if you want them. 6. countable noun [usually plural] Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. 7. countable noun [usually plural] The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' Synonyms: supporter, assistant, aide, partner 8. verb If you second a proposal in a meeting or debate, you formally express your agreement with it so that it can then be discussed or voted on. ...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting. [VERB noun] Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members. [VERB noun] Synonyms: support, back, endorse, forward seconder Word forms: seconders countable noun Candidates need a proposer and seconder whose names are kept secret. 9. verb If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself. The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week. [VERB noun] 10. at second hand phrase If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand. 11. See also second-hand 12. second to none phrase If you say that something is second to none, you are emphasizing that it is very good indeed or the best that there is. [emphasis] Our scientific research is second to none. Synonyms: the best, the highest, perfect, outstanding 13. second only to sth phrase If you say that something is second only to something else, you mean that only that thing is better or greater than it. As a major health risk, hepatitis is second only to tobacco. 14. second nature phrase If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you. Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her. It's not easy at first, but it soon becomes second nature. 15. in the second place phrase B2 You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events. What brought you to Washington in the first place? Ideally, we should avoid gaffes in the first place. I don't think we should have been there in the first place. second (sɪkɒnd ) sending someone to do a job Word forms: seconds , seconding , seconded verb [usually passive] If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties. [British] Edwards was seconded to a radar research and training school near Holyhead. [be VERB-ed + to] Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive] Idioms: play second fiddle to have to accept that you are less important than someone else The 44-year-old senator will play second fiddle to a man who has been his junior in the Democrat hierarchy. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a second bite at the cherry [British] a second chance to do something, especially something that you failed at the first time We might, if we push hard enough, get a second bite at the cherry in two years' time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take second place to be considered to be less important than another thing or person and be given less attention than them My personal life has had to take second place to my career. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a second wind the strength or motivation to go on and succeed in what you are doing when you are tired or unsuccessful It was great tennis and it was fun. I got a second wind midway through the fourth set. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: seconds tick As the little blue newborn failed to start crying and spark into life, the seconds ticked by with a sense of increasing dread. Times,Sunday Times They were losing momentum, impetus and rhythm as the seconds ticked away on the giant clock. The Sun The seconds ticked by, 15 people sitting in a cavernous auditorium squirmed and eventually he responded. Times, Sunday Times As the seconds ticked down, it looked like the away side had taken a point. Times, Sunday Times Nerves jangling, the seconds ticked by. The Sun But the weeks, sometimes months, between fixtures soon pass and you cannot afford to waste a second. The Sun The sooner you register, the more chance you have of winning - so don't waste a second! The Sun This may well be the red-letter day you've been waiting for, so you don't want to waste a second going after personal success. The Sun Don't you dare waste a second of it thinking something better will happen when it ends. Times, Sunday Times Don't waste a second on the pitch. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 第二的, 第二 Japanese: 二番目の, 二番目 |
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