/ˈsekənd ||; ˈsɛkənd/noun1 [C] one of the 60 parts into which a minute is divided 秒
2 (informal 非正式sec) [C] a short time 一段短时间: Wait a second, please. 请等一等。
3 [U] the second of the four or five speeds (gears) that a car can move forward in 汽车的二档: Once the car's moving, put it in second. 汽车开动以后就调到二档。
4 [C] [usu.pl] something that has a small fault and that is sold at a lower price 剔庄货;次货: The clothes are all seconds. 这些衣服全都是剔庄货。
5 [C] (formal 正式)a second (in sth) the second-best result in a British university degree (英国大学的)二等学位: to get an upper/a lower second in physics 获得物理学二等一级╱二级学位