Second

(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'.

编辑:普鲁登斯

• 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. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. 威尔基·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. 雪莉.
• I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The marriage is fixed for the twenty-second of December. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In the second method both operations are performed on a single machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• 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·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He paused for a few seconds, and added in a voice broken by emotion, 'You have loved her from a child, my friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• 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. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• 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_. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• 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·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Time, eight minutes, forty-one seconds. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• 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. 雪莉.
• 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. 维莱特.
• It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. 沃尔特·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. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Miss Halcombe seconded him resolutely, and I did all I could to follow her example. 威尔基·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. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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