| 单词 | threeminute |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-minute three-minute adj. three-minute three-minute adj. that occupies, or completes or is completed within, three minutes (in quot. 1833, that completes a mile in three minutes); that indicates the passage of three minutes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > minute > [adjective] > lasting specific number of minutes three-minute1833 1833 Knickerbocker 1 160 The present Mrs. S. admired his three minute roan. 1857 Uncle Jack the Fault Killer ix. 131 My three-minute glass lets the sand run through just in three minutes, which is time to boil an egg. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 211 They are able to ride in grand carriages with their three minute blacks hitched thereto. 1958 V. Bellerby in P. Gammond Duke Ellington ii. 151 With the advent of the Long Playing record he has shown himself ready to compose well outside his former ‘three-minute’ form. < as lemmas |
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