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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

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