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美: ['mɪnɪt]
英: ['mɪnɪt]
n. 分，分钟；片刻，一会儿；备忘录，笔记；会议记录
vt. 将…记录下来
adj. 微小的，详细的 [maɪˈnjuːt; US -ˈnuːt; maɪˋnut]
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词源分析：该单词源自拉丁语“minuta”，意为“小的”，是由“minu-”构成，该词根来源于“minuere”，意思是“减少”或“缩小”。
历史背景：最早在14世纪的英语中出现，作为时间单位的“分钟”首次被记录是在14世纪末。
课本：在**的中学英语教材中，常见于初中及高中阶段的单元词汇。美国的牛津和其他教材中，在基础英语和高中英语课本中也会出现。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
The meeting will last for about an hour, but I can only spare a minute.
There are minute details in her painting that are hard to notice.
Please wait a minute while I finish this task.
The minutes of the last meeting were distributed to all members.
His explanations were full of minute observations about the subject.
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通过以上的分析与例句，能够帮助更好地理解“minute”这个单词的多重含义和用法，以及在不同语境中的应用。
[N-COUNT] A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say "a minute" or "minutes" when they mean a short length of time. 分钟; 片刻
例：The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook.接下来，比萨饼大约要用20分钟烤好。
例：Bye Mom, see you in a minute.再见，妈妈，一会儿见。
[N-PLURAL] The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. 会议记录
例：He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting.他一直在看上次会议的记录。
[V-T] When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it. 做会议记录
例：You don't need to minute that.你不必记录那些。
[CONVENTION] People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something. 等一下
例：Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here.等一下，伙计们，这地方不对劲。
[[强调]] If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon. 随时
例：It looked as though it might rain at any minute.看起来随时都有可能下雨。
[PHRASE] A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible. 最后一刻
例：He will probably wait until the last minute.他可能会等到最后一刻。
[[强调]] If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing. 一…就…
例：The minute you do this, you'll lose control.你一干这个，就会失去控制。
[ADJ] If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small. 非常小的
例：Only a minute amount is needed.只需很少的一点。
[ADJ] precise or detailed 精确的; 详细的
例：a minute examination