minute/'mɪnɪt/

n.

➊ a period of time equal to 60 seconds

➋ [a ~] a very short period of time

n.

➊ [C] 分钟：It's four minutes to six. 现在6点差4分。

➋ [a ~] 一会儿，瞬间：He was here a minute ago. 他刚刚在这儿。

◇It will take a minute to do this. 做这件事只要一会儿。

◇I'll be back in a minute. 我一会儿就回来。

用法5的倍数的分钟数可以省略minutes，如：five (minutes) to three （2点55分）。但four minutes to three （2点56分）中的minutes一般不省略。