be minute

基本解释

Electrons are known to be minute negative charges of electricity.
大家知道，電子是極微小的負電荷。
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A long poll generally keeps the connection open for a long time—usually several seconds, but it could be a minute or longer.
長輪詢通常將連接保持一段較長的時間 — 通常是數秒鍾，但是也可能是一分鍾甚至更長。
The reserve may be minute, because if one bank is running short of money, others must be running long by roughly the same amount and the first bank can borrow it back on the interbank market.
這些準備可能很少，因爲如果一家銀行缺少流動資金，其他銀行必定有大概數量的賸餘資金，上述銀行可以通過銀行同業拆放市場拆借廻來。

On Wednesday,BP officials came to the White House for what many people expected would be a twenty minute meeting.
But just to make sure, to stimulate interest, every Tuesday in recitation there'll be a ten minute quiz based upon the content of the homework.
但是衹是確認一下，爲了激發你們的興趣，每周二的背誦課,將會有10分鍾的測試,內容則是基於你們的作業。
麻省理工公開課 - 固態化學導論課程節選
First of all, it will only be a minute or two at a time, maybe once or twice a lecture.
首先，每次衹有一兩分鍾，一堂課最多不超過兩次。
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The techniques used to craft chips mean that such areas can be made minute.
ECONOMIST: Optoelectronics