请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 seconder
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sec•ond1 /ˈsɛkənd/USA pronunciation  adj. 
  1. next after the first;
    next after the first in place, time, etc.:the second person in command.
  2. alternate:[before a noun]every second week.
  3. Music and Dance (in music) being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice:[before a noun]second alto.
  4. other;
    another:[before a noun]The judge was like a second Solomon.

n. 
  1. [countable] one who aids or supports another.
  2. Automotive second gear:[uncountable]The gearshift sticks when I try to shift into second.
  3. Usually, seconds. [plural] an additional helping of food:Can we have seconds on the turkey?
  4. Government(in parliamentary procedure) [countable]
    • one who expresses formal support of a motion.
    • an act or instance of such support:There is a motion before you; do I hear a second?
  5. Business[countable] Usually, seconds. [plural] goods of less than the highest quality.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Government(in parliamentary procedure) to express formal support of (a motion, etc.), as a necessary step before further discussion or voting:I second the motion.

adv. 
  1. in the second place:The catcher is batting second.
Idioms
  1. second to none, [often: be + ~] very good;
    the best:an athlete who is clearly second to none.

sec•ond•ly, adv. 

sec•ond2 /ˈsɛkənd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Timethe sixtieth part of a minute of time.
  2. a moment or instant:It takes only a second to phone.
  3. Mathematicsthe sixtieth part of a minute of a measure of an angle, often represented by the sign ʺ, as in 30ʺ, which is read as "30 seconds.''

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sec•ond1  (sek′ənd),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. next after the first;
    being the ordinal number for two.
  2. being the latter of two equal parts.
  3. next after the first in place, time, or value:the second house from the corner.
  4. next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance:the second person in the company.
  5. alternate:I have my hair cut every second week.
  6. inferior.
  7. Grammarnoting or pertaining to the second person.
  8. Music and Dancebeing the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice:second horn; second alto.
  9. other or another:a second Solomon.
  10. Automotiveof, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed:second gear.

n. 
  1. a second part.
  2. the second member of a series.
  3. a person who aids or supports another;
    assistant;
    backer.
  4. Sport[Boxing.]a person who, between rounds of a prizefight, gives aid, advice, etc., to a boxer.
  5. a person who serves as a representative or attendant of a duelist.
  6. Automotivesecond gear.
  7. a person or thing that is next after the first in place, time, or value.
  8. a person or thing that is next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance.
  9. Usually, seconds. an additional helping of food:He had seconds on the meat and potatoes.
  10. Government(in parliamentary procedure)
    • a person who expresses formal support of a motion so that it may be discussed or put to a vote.
    • an act or instance of doing this.
  11. British Terms(in certain British universities) a type or grade of college degree granted according to a student's performance on specific written and oral examinations.
  12. Music and Dance
    • a tone on the next degree from a given tone.
    • the interval between such tones.
    • the harmonic combination of such tones.
    • the lower of two parts in a piece of concerted music.
    • a voice or instrument performing such a part.
    • an alto.
  13. BusinessUsually, seconds. goods below the first or highest quality, esp. containing visible flaws. Cf. first (def. 19), third (def. 12).
  14. Metallurgya piece of somewhat defective but salable tin plate.
  15. Sport[Baseball.]See second base. 

v.t. 
  1. to assist or support.
  2. to further or advance, as aims.
  3. Government(in parliamentary procedure) to express formal support of (a motion, proposal, etc.), as a necessary preliminary to further discussion or to voting.
  4. Sportto act as second to (a boxer, duelist, etc.).

adv. 
  1. in the second place, group, etc.;
    secondly:The catcher is batting second.
  • Latin secundus following, next, second, equivalent. to sec- (base of sequī to follow) + -undus adjective, adjectival suffix
  • Old French (adjective, adjectival)
  • Middle English (adjective, adjectival, noun, nominal and adverb, adverbial) 1250–1300
sec′ond•er, n. 
    • 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aide, helper, agent, deputy.

sec•ond2  (sek′ənd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Timethe sixtieth part of a minute of time.
  2. a moment or instant:It takes only a second to phone.
  3. Weights and Measures, Timethe basic unit of time in the International System of Units, equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation in a transition, or energy level change, of the cesium atom. Symbol: s, S;
    Abbr.: sec
  4. Mathematics[Geom., Astron.]the sixtieth part of a minute of angular measure, often represented by the sign ʺ, as in 30ʺ, which is read as 30 seconds. Cf. angle 1 (def. 1c).
  • Medieval Latin secunda (minūta) second (minute), feminine of secundus second1
  • Middle French
  • Middle English seconde 1350–1400
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged jiffy, trice, wink, flash.

se•cond3  (si kond′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. [Brit.]to transfer (an officer, official, or the like) temporarily to another post.
  • French second, noun, nominal use of the adjective, adjectival in the phrase en second, as in lieutenant en second second lieutenant; see second1
  • 1795–1805
随便看

　

英语词典包含188688条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/11/13 12:05:51