英汉词典

second 基本解释

• n. 秒；第二名；瞬间；二等品
• vt. 支持
• adj. 第二的；次要的；附加的
• num. 第二
• adv. 第二；其次；居第二位
• n. (Second)人名；(法)塞孔

second 词态变化

second 中文词源

来自古法语 second,第二的，来自拉丁语 secundus,第二的，从属的，按顺序的，紧跟着的， 来自 sequi,跟随，词源同 sequence,consequent.-und,形容词后缀。

来自法语 seconde,秒，来自拉丁语 secunda pars minuta,即 second diminished part,第二次缩小 的部分。比较 minute,分钟，来自拉丁语 pars minuta prima,即 prime diminished part,第一次缩 小的部分。引申词义片刻，瞬间，短暂等。

second 英文词源

second

second: [13] Latin secundus originally meant ‘following’ – it was derived from sequī ‘follow’, source of English sequence – and only secondarily came to be used as the ordinal version of ‘two’. English acquired it via Old French second, employing it to take over part of the role of other, which until then had denoted ‘second’ as well as ‘other’.

Its noun use for ‘sixtieth of a minute’, first recorded in English in the 14th century, comes from medieval Latin secunda minuta, literally ‘second minute’ – a minute was a ‘sixtieth part’, and so a ‘second minute’ was a ‘sixtieth of a sixtieth’. Latin secundus was also used for ‘favourable’, and in this sense the verb secundāre was formed from it, meaning ‘favour’.

English acquired it via French seconder as second ‘support’ [16]. (The differently pronounced second ‘transfer to a different job’ [19] comes from the French phrase en second ‘in second rank’.)
=> sect, sequal, sequence, sue, suit

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 root of sequi "follow" (see sequel). Replaced native other in this sense because of the ambiguousness 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:

A metaphor borrowed from a musical performer who plays the second or counter to one who plays the first or the "air." [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]

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 (see second (adj.)). The second hand of a clock is attested from 1759.

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.

second (n.2)

"assistant, supporter," 1580s, from second (v.).

second 词组搭配

second 英文释义

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. an indefinitely short time;

"wait just a moment"

"it only takes a minute"

"in just a bit"

3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base

4. a particular point in time;

"the moment he arrived the party began"

5. following the first in an ordering or series;

"he came in a close second"

6. a 60th part of a minute of arc;

"the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"

7. the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

8. a speech seconding a motion;

"do I hear a second?"

9. the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;

"he had to shift down into second to make the hill"

10. merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

second 双语例句

1. This brings us to the second question I asked.

这就将我们带到了我所提的第二个问题。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.

埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。

来自柯林斯例句

3. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.

不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。

来自柯林斯例句

4. "Wait there!" Kathryn rose. "No, on second thought, follow me."

“在那儿等着！”凯瑟琳站起身来，“不，我改主意了。跟我来。”

来自柯林斯例句

5. With a snarl, the second dog made a dive for his heel.

伴着一声嗥叫，第二只狗扑向了他的脚后跟。

来自柯林斯例句

second 实用场景例句

This is the second time it's happened.

这已是第二次了。

牛津词典

Italy scored a second goal just after half-time.

下半场刚刚开始，意大利队便射入第二个球。

牛津词典

the second of June/June 2nd

六月二日

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He was the second to arrive.

他是第二个到的。

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We have one child and are expecting our second in July.

我们有一个孩子，第二个预期在七月出生。

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Osaka is Japan's second-largest city.

大坂是日本的第二大城市。

牛津词典

Birmingham, the UK's second city

伯明翰，英国的第二大城市

牛津词典

The spreadsheet application is second only to word processing in terms of popularity.

就受欢迎程度而言，电子制表软件仅次于文字处理软件。

牛津词典

As a dancer, he is second to none (= nobody is a better dancer than he is) .

他的舞技不亚于任何人。

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They have a second home in Tuscany.

他们在托斯卡纳还有一个家。

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She came second in the marathon.

她在马拉松比赛中获得第二名。

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For a few seconds nobody said anything...

有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It only takes forty seconds...

只需40秒。

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...the second day of his visit to Delhi.

他到访德里的第二天

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...their second child...

他们的第二个孩子

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The party is still the second strongest in Italy.

该党仍是意大利的第二大党。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the second-largest city in the United States.

美国第二大城市

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The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.

土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second.

后来，我考上了兰开斯特大学，获得了二级甲等学位。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There's seconds if you want them.

如果需要的话可以添菜。

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It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds.

这是家新开的商店，出售打折商品和等外品。

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He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!'

他对助手们喊道：“我赢了！我赢了!”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting...

赞同反对猎狐动议的布赖恩·萨顿

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members.

你的申请必须由现任成员推荐并得到他们的支持。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week.

上周首相在一次演讲中对严肃纪律的号召表示支持。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.

他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。

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Our scientific research is second to none.

我们的科学研究是顶尖的。

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As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco.

肝炎是仅次于吸烟的主要健康隐患。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser...

1937 年他被临时调往渥太华的加拿大皇家空军担任军备顾问。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers.

数百名士兵被临时派去帮助农民。

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