In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.
不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 86 Out of control

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

minute ['mɪnɪt] 词频1 词根: min
n. 分，分钟;瞬间，片刻;备忘录;会议记录; vt. 把…记录在案;为…测定时间;
💡 minut小+e → 一分钟； 微小的，细微的
"The vendors were gazundered at the last minute."
卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
近义：insignificant, little, miniscule, minuscule, petty, pokey
away [ə'we] 词频1
adv. 离开，远离;在远处;消失; adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方；离去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地，较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
past [pæst] 词频1 词根: 通过
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的; n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时; prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过; adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form 反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
feet [[fi:t]] 词频1
pl. 脚\\nn. 尺

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

The play was very interesting.
戏很有意思，
My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。
The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.
原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
等到你读到这篇文章时，敏锐的哈勃望远镜已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片。
The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。