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moment

/moh-muhnt/US // ˈmoʊ mənt //UK // (ˈməʊmənt) //

瞬间,时候,瞬时,矩

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
    • : Usually the moment . the present time or any other particular time: He is busy at the moment.
    • : a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture: at this moment in history.
    • : importance or consequence: a decision of great moment.
    • : a particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc.: His big moment came in the final game.
    • : Statistics. the mean or expected value of the product formed by multiplying together a set of one or more variates or variables each to a specified power.
    • : Philosophy. an aspect of a thing.Obsolete.an essential or constituent factor.
    • : Mechanics. a tendency to produce motion, especially about an axis.the product of a physical quantity and its directed distance from an axis: moment of area; moment of mass.

Phrases

  • moment of truth
  • at this point (moment)
  • every minute (moment) counts
  • for the moment
  • have one's moments
  • just a minute (moment)
  • live for the moment
  • never a dull moment
  • not for a moment
  • of the moment
  • on the spur of the moment
  • weak moment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • You’ve got to play in the moment, and we’re really good at that.

  • There have been some moments where I was able to take a step back and look at all that’s happened.

  • From José Feliciano at the 1968 World Series to Whitney Houston at the Super Bowl in 1991, from moments both roiling and patriotic, there is a tradition here, and stripping sports of that feels too of the moment, too quick.

  • I’d like to thank my boys out here for doing everything right and getting us to this moment.

  • With their two-year anniversary approaching, it seemed like a good moment for an update.

  • In that country at that moment, the Catholics have practically disappeared.

  • But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.

  • The massacre of cartoonists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo is a crystallizing moment.

  • At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.

  • And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.

  • Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.

  • The thought seemed to produce the dreaded object, for next moment a large hummock appeared right ahead.

  • At this moment an extraordinary commotion began among the watches.