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

• 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。
• Then when you've had enough you give a yell, and I'll see you're back here in a split second.
  到了你觉得够了想打住了的时候你就喊一声，然后我会在瞬间内看到你又回来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The trolley car is a runaway thing and you're making a split second choice.
  电车失控了，而你是在瞬间做出决定的。
• The best sportsmen wait until the last split second before hitting the ball.
  最好的运动员都是在最后一刹那才击球。
• Today, fiber-optic cables make up the circulatory system of the Internet, transporting words, sound and images from one end of the planet to the other in a split second.
  现在光缆构成了互联网的循环系统，从地球的一端向另一端传输文字、声音和影像只需一瞬间。
• It all disappeared in a split second.
  这一切都在一瞬间消失了。
• A split second later another hit five meters higher.
  瞬间之后，又一发炮弹击中比第一发弹着点高五米处。
• The lightning flash lasted a split second, and then disappeared.
  闪电一闪而后就消失了。