split second

英 [ˌsplɪt ˈsekənd]

美 [ˌsplɪt ˈsekənd]

n.  瞬间; 刹那

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牛津词典

noun

• 瞬间；刹那
  a very short moment of time
  1. Their eyes met for a split second .
     在一刹那间，他们的目光交汇在了一起。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 一刹那;一瞬间
  Asplit secondis an extremely short period of time.
  1. Her gaze met Michael's for a split second...
     她和迈克尔在一瞬间四目相对。
  2. Soldiers had to make split-second decisions before opening fire, he said.
     他说，士兵们必须要在开火之前作出瞬间的决定。

英英释义

noun

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
  1. if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
  Synonym:blink of an eyeflashheartbeatinstantjiffytricetwinklingwinkNew York minute

双语例句

• I had a split second to decide, as the headhunter would have understood hesitation as a negative.
  我需要瞬间做出决定，因为猎头会把迟疑理解为负面信号。
• The Internet's unforgiving speed is forcing split second changes on a profession that dates back millennia.
  因特网不可原谅的增长速度使得一项职业瞬间回到了千年以前。
• In the split second after I pressed send I aged 10 years.
  按下发送键后的一瞬间，我老了10岁。
• For a split second I thought I should let them know why I had to come here, so that they would let me subsist here.
  有一瞬间我想也许我应该让他们知道我为什么必须来这里，没准他们会愿意让我在这儿待下去。
• Our eyes and brains together do it in a split second, without conscious effort on our part.
  我们的眼睛和大脑协同工作，在我们根本还没有意识到的情况下，在瞬间就完成了这个计算。
• For a split second the squirrels watched us without movement; then they fled.
  一时间松鼠一动不动地看着我们，接着就溜了。
• In a split second, your world is cracked open.
  就在那一秒，你的世界就象裂开了个大缝。
• Imagine what it will be like to know what a person has been doing since last time you have seen her or him, just in the space of a split second, just by looking at them.
  想象看看，某个人自你上次看到他或她后做了什么事情，在该空间的一刹那，就只是看着他们。
• Every word spoken on the telephone, every message sent covers the 44,600 miles in a split second.
  在电话中输出的每一个字，每一信息，在刹那间跨过44600英里。
• The lightning flash lasted a split second, and then disappeared.
  闪电一闪而后就消失了。