second
second 英 [ˈsekənd] 美 [ˈsekənd]
n. 秒；第二名；瞬间；二等品 adj. 第二的；次要的 adv. 第二；其次；居第二位
进行时:seconding 过去式:seconded 过去分词:seconded 第三人称单数:seconds 名词复数:seconds
- A second may be one-sixtieth of a minute or the item after first. If you ask whether you're second in line, the hostess might reply, "Give me a second and I'll tell you."
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- n. 秒；第二名；瞬间；二等品
- adj. 第二的；次要的
- adv. 第二；其次；居第二位
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1. This is the second time it's happened.
这已是第二次了。
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2. He was the second to arrive.
他是第二个到的。
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3. Birmingham, the UK's second city
伯明翰，英国的第二大城市
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4. They have a second home in Tuscany.
他们在托斯卡纳还有一个家。
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5. I agreed to speak second.
我同意第二个发言。
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6. He is a writer first and a scientist second.
他首先是作家，然后才是科学家。
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7. She can run 100 metres in just over 11 seconds.
她跑 100 米只需 11 秒多一点。
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8. The light flashes every 5 seconds.
灯光每 5 秒钟闪一次。
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9. Seconds, anybody?
有谁需要再来一份吗？
- second (adj.) "next after first," c. 1300, from Old French second, secont, and directly from Latin secundus "following, next in time or order," also "secondary, subordinate, inferior," from PIE *sekw-ondo-, pariticipal form of root *sekw- "to follow." Replaced native other in this sense because of the ambiguity of the earlier word. Second sight is from 1610s; an etymologically perverse term, because it means in reality the sight of events before, not after, they occur. Second fiddle first attested 1809:
- second (n.1) "one-sixtieth of a minute of degree," also "sixtieth part of a minute of time," late 14c. in geometry, from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta "second diminished part," the result of the second division of the hour by sixty (the first being the "prime minute," now called the minute), from Latin secunda, fem. of secundus "following, next in time or order" (see second (adj.)). The second hand of a clock is attested from 1759.
- second (n.2) "assistant, supporter," 1580s, from second (v.).
- second (v.) 1580s, "to support or represent in a duel, fight, etc.," from Middle French seconder, from Latin secundare "to assist, make favorable," from secundus "assisting, favorable, following, second" (see second (adj.)). The parliamentary sense is first recorded 1590s. Related: Seconded; seconding.
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