moment
US: /ˈmoʊmənt/
UK: /mˈəʊmənt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
moment /'moumənt/- danh từ ((thông tục) (cũng) mo)
- chốc, lúc, lát
- wait a moment: đợi một lát
- at any moment: bất cứ lúc nào
- the [very] moment [that]: ngay lúc mà
- at the moment: lúc này, bây giờ
- at that moment: lúc ấy, lúc đó
- tầm quan trọng, tính trọng yếu
- an affair of great moment: một việc đó có tầm quan trọng lớn
- a matter of moment: một vấn đề quan trọng
- (kỹ thuật), (vật lý) Mômen
- chốc, lúc, lát
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a very short period of time: Could you wait a moment, please? + One moment, please (= Please wait a short time). + He thought for a moment before replying. + I'll be back in a moment. + We arrived not a moment too soon (= almost too late). + Moments later (= a very short time later), I heard a terrible crash.
2 [sing.] an exact point in time: We're busy at the moment (= now). + I agreed in a moment of weakness. + At that very moment, the phone rang. + From that moment on, she never felt really well again.
3 [C] a particular occasion; a time for doing sth: I haven't finished. I'm still waiting for a quiet moment. + I'm waiting for the right moment to tell him the bad news. + That was one of the happiest moments of my life. + Have I caught you at a bad moment?
Idioms: for the moment / present for now; for a short time: This house is big enough for the moment, but we'll have to move if we have children.
have it's / your moments to have short times that are better, more interesting, etc. than others: I found the play rather boring, but it had its moments.
the moment of truth a time when sb/sth is tested, or when important decisions are made: The moment of truth is when the trainee pilots take over the controls of the plane.
of moment very important: matters of great moment
of the moment (of a person, a job, an issue, etc.) famous, important and talked about a lot now: She's the fashion designer of the moment.
more at JUST adv., LAST det., MINUTE n., NOTICE n., PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPUR n., WAIT v.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 instant, second, minute, half a second, two seconds, flash, twinkling, blink or wink of an eye, twinkling of an eye, trice, Colloq jiffy, shake, two shakes (of a lamb's tail), before you can say 'Jack Robinson', Brit mo, half a mo, tick:
I'll be with you in a moment, Madam.
2 instant, time, second, minute, hour, point (in time), juncture, stage:
At that very moment, the phone rang.
3 importance, weight, consequence, significance, import, gravity, seriousness, prominence, concern, note, interest, consideration:
What you decide to do is of no great moment.
Collocation
ADJ.
brief, fleeting | long | precious, quiet
making the most of those last precious moments together
| anxious, awful, awkward, embarrassing, heart-stopping, terrifying
For one heart-stopping moment, we thought she was going to fall.
| bad, difficult
That was a bad moment in my life.
| spare
Could you look through this report when you have a spare moment?
| exact, precise, very
I felt at home here from the very moment I arrived.
| good, opportune, perfect, right
I don't think this is the right moment to ask for a pay rise.
| critical, crucial, decisive, important, key
We have reached a critical moment in the negotiations.
| historic | climactic, dramatic | magic/magical, marvellous, memorable | emotional, poignant | finest, great, happiest, proudest
Her finest moment came when she won Wimbledon.
| unguarded
She let the news slip by mistake, in an unguarded moment.
| last (possible)
Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave?
VERB + MOMENT
last, take
The feeling only lasted a moment. This won't take a moment.
| spend
I spent a few moments thinking what I was going to say.
| give sb, spare (sb)
I can only spare you a moment, I'm afraid?I'm terribly busy.
| enjoy, savour
Victory was sweet, and he wanted to savour every moment.
| choose, pick
He's in a bad mood today?you need to choose your moment carefully.
| capture
I managed to capture the moment on film.
MOMENT + VERB
arrive, come
The moment had finally come to make a move.
| pass
He opened his mouth to say he loved her, but the moment passed.
PREP.
after a/the ~
After a moment we followed him.
| at a/the ~
At that very moment the telephone rang. He might wake up at any moment.
| for a/the ~
She paused for a moment.
| from a/the ~
I loved her from the first moment I met her.
| in a/the ~
I'll be back in a moment. in her rare moments of leisure
| ~ in
a great moment in the country's history
| ~ of
at the moment of death It was the proudest moment of my entire life. There was a moment of silence.
PHRASES
a few moments
Could you wait a few moments?
| a moment ago
He was here just a moment ago.
| a moment later
A moment later, the ceiling fell in.
| a moment longer/more
I couldn't stand it a moment longer.
| a moment or two
I stood there for a moment or two.
| never a dull moment
There's never a dull moment in this job.
Concise dictionary
moments'məʊməntnoun
+a particular point in time
+an indefinitely short time
+at this time
+having important effects or influence
+a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
+the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
