Minute

(noun.) a short note; 'the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting'.

(noun.) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.

(noun.) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; 'he ran a 4 minute mile'.

(adj.) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; 'a minute inspection of the grounds'; 'a narrow scrutiny'; 'an exact and minute report' .

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• But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My father brought me to the door, not a minute ago, but unfortunately he was not told that you were here, and he has gone away on some business. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• After a minute's silence, he looked down at Amy, who sat on the cricket at his feet, and said, with a caress of the shining hair. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Ten minutes passed--and nothing happened. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Let us enjoy five minutes of instructive conversation with her. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mrs. Peniston delighted in discussing the minutest details of festivities in which she had not taken part. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The expression was, for the instant, so precisely alike, that the minutest line seemed copied with startling accuracy! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There were moments when that day seemed more remote than any other event in her life; and yet she could always relive it in its minutest detail. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Every point is given the minutest attention. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Yes, it was morning; the bright, balmy morning of summer; the minutest leaf, the smallest blade of grass, was instinct with life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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