Second
['sek(ə)nd] or ['sɛkənd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a speech seconding a motion; 'do I hear a second?'.
(noun.) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match.
(noun.) a 60th part of a minute of arc; 'the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here'.
(noun.) following the first in an ordering or series; 'he came in a close second'.
(noun.) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
(verb.) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; 'The officer was seconded for duty overseas'.
(verb.) give support or one's approval to; 'I'll second that motion'; 'I can't back this plan'; 'endorse a new project'.
(adj.) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; 'second flute'; 'the second violins' .
(adj.) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude .
(adv.) in the second place; 'second, we must consider the economy'.
編輯:普鲁登斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
(a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
(a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
(n.) One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
(n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
(n.) Aid; assistance; help.
(n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
(a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
(a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
(n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
(n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
(a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
(a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
(a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
尤因整理
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Next to the first (in place or in time).[2]. Secondary, inferior.
n. [1]. Maintainer, supporter, helper, assistant, backer.[2]. Sixtieth part of a minute.[3]. Moment, instant, jiffy, trice, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.
v. a. [1]. Support, help, forward, assist, aid, promote, back, encourage, abet, further, advance, stand by, side with, take part with.[2]. Approve, favor.
校對:罗赞
解釋/意思:
adj. immediately following the first: the ordinal of two: next in position: inferior: other: another: favourable.—n. one who or that which follows or is second: one who attends another in a duel or a prize-fight: a supporter: the 60th part of a minute of time or of a degree.—v.t. to follow: to act as second: to assist: to encourage: to support the mover of a question or resolution: (mus.) to sing second to: to put into temporary retirement in the army as an officer when holding civil office (usually sēcond′).—n. Sec′ond-ad′ventist one who lives in expectation of a second coming of Christ to establish a personal kingdom on earth a premillenarian.—adv. Sec′ondarily in a secondary manner or degree: (B.) secondly.—n. Sec′ondariness.—adj. Sec′ondary following or coming after the first: second in position: inferior: subordinate: deputed.—n. a subordinate: a delegate or deputy.—adjs. Sec′ond-best next to the best: best except one—(Come off second-best to get the worst of a contest); Sec′ond-class inferior to the first as a second-class carriage.—ns. Sec′onder one who seconds or supports; Sec′ond-flour flour of a coarser quality seconds.—adj. Sec′ond-hand received as it were from the hand of a second person: not new: that has been used by another.—n. a hand for marking seconds on a clock or watch.—adv. Sec′ondly in the second place.—ns. Sec′ond-mark the character ″ as the mark in mathematics for a second of arc in architecture for inches and as a sign for a second of time; Secon′do the lower part in a duet.—adj. Sec′ond-rate being second in power size rank quality or value.—ns. Sec′ond-sight (see Sight); Sec′onds-pen′dulum a pendulum which makes one oscillation per second of mean time.—Secondary education that which is higher than primary or elementary; Secondary formation rocks strata the Mesozoic strata; Secondary planet a moon or satellite; Secondary school a school for higher education; Second childhood a condition of mental weakness often accompanying old age; Second coming the second coming of Christ or Second Advent; Second cousin the child of a cousin; Second estate the House of Lords; Second guard an additional guard to a sword; Second story in America the second range of rooms from the first level called in England the first floor; Second thoughts reconsideration.
校對:西蒙
例句/造句/用法:
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Often, indeed, when pressed by Hortense to come, she would refuse, because Robert did not second, or but slightly seconded the request. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The marriage is fixed for the twenty-second of December. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In the second method both operations are performed on a single machine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He paused for a few seconds, and added in a voice broken by emotion, 'You have loved her from a child, my friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- A few seconds later a roar like thunder burst upon our ears, and as the smoke thinned away there was no sign left of the _Gloria Scott_. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Only so much of this disc was exposed to view as to show a single letter at a time, through a small aperture, as the seconds wheel revolved. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He lay for some seconds looking placidly at his old prison companion, and then, all at once, with a cry of surprise and alarm, sprang out of bed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Time, eight minutes, forty-one seconds. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Often, indeed, when pressed by Hortense to come, she would refuse, because Robert did not second, or but slightly seconded the request. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Ginevra seconded me; between us we half-changed the nature of the _r?le_, gilding it from top to toe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Rowena, somewhat alarmed by the mention of outlaws in force, and so near them, strongly seconded the proposal of her guardian. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Miss Halcombe seconded him resolutely, and I did all I could to follow her example. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She was not less pleased another day with the manner in which he seconded a sudden wish of hers, to have Harriet's picture. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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