英汉词典

1. 秒(a second 或 seconds 往往用以表示很短的时间)
    A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say 'a second' or 'seconds' when they simply mean a very short time.

    e.g. For a few seconds nobody said anything...
           有几秒钟大家都沉默无语。
    e.g. It only takes forty seconds...
           只需40秒。