n. 秒, 瞬间, 第二名, 支持者, 助手

a. 第二的, 其次的, 次要的, 附加的, 辅助的

num. 第二

vt. 当...助手, 支持

[机] 第二, 秒; 第二的

Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.
{Secund}.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.

And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.

2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.

3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second
Troy; a second deluge.

A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.

{Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.

{Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.

{Second-cut file}. See under {File}.

{Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]

{Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.

{Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.

{Second intention}. See under {Intention}.

{Second story}, {Second floor}, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the
{ground floor}.

{Second thought} or {Second thoughts}, consideration of a
matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.

On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.


Second \Sec"ond\, n.
1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence,
or power.

Man
An angel's second, nor his second long. --Young.

2. One who follows or attends another for his support and
aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as
another's aid in a duel.

Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset.
--Sir H.
Wotton.

3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]

Give second, and my love
Is everlasting thine. --J. Fletcher.

4. pl. An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the
best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

5. [F. seconde. See {Second}, a.] The sixtieth part of a
minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves
about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten
seconds north of this place.

6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
of an inch or prime; a line. See {Inch}, and {Prime}, n.,
8.

7. (Mus.)
(a) The interval between any tone and the tone which is
represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
(b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often
popularly applied to the alto.

8. (Parliamentary Procedure) A motion in support of another
motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; a
motion without a second dies without discussion.
[PJC]

{Second hand}, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial
of a watch or a clock.


Second \Sec"ond\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seconded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Seconding}.] [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from
secundus. See {Second}, a.]
1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
[R.]

In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately
seconded with an ambitious hill. --Fuller.

Sin is seconded with sin. --South.

2. To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to
support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to
forward; to encourage.

We have supplies to second our attempt. --Shak.

In human works though labored on with pain,
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to second too some other use. --Pope.

3. Specifically, (Parliamentary Procedure) to support, as a
motion[6] or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of
the mover or proposer.

Note: Under common parliamentary rules used by many
organizations, especially legislative bodies, a motion
must be seconded in order to come properly before the
deliberative body for discussion. Any motion[6] for
which there is no second[8] dies for lack thereof.
[PJC]