| 单词 | clock |
| 释义 | nounverb🔑 clockBrE /klɒk/ NAmE /klɑːk/ noun 🔑 [C ]an instrument for measuring and showing time , in a room , on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch )时钟；钟◆ It was ten past six by the kitchen clock . 厨房的钟六点十分了。◆ The clock struck twelve /midnight .时钟已敲响十二点/午夜十二点。◆ The clock is fast /slow .这钟走得快了/慢了。◆ The clock has stopped . 钟停了。◆ the clock face (= the front part of a clock with the numbers on )钟面◆ The hands of the clock crept slowly around . 钟的时针在缓慢地走着。◆ Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall . 埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。 ➡ see also alarm clock, biological clock, body clock, carriage clock, cuckoo clock, grandfather clock, o'clock, time clockthe clock [sing. ](informal ) = milometer◆ a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock 一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车 ● against the ˈclock if you do sth against the clock , you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time 抢时间；争分夺秒● around /round the ˈclock all day and all night without stopping 日夜不停；夜以继日● put the clocks forward /back (BrE ) (NAmE set /move the clocks ahead /back ) to change the time shown by clocks , usually by one hour , when the time changes officially , for example at the beginning and end of summer （夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快/拨回（一般为一个小时）● put /turn the ˈclock back to return to a situation that existed in the past ; to remember a past age 倒退；复旧；怀旧◆ I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance . 我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。(disapproving ) to return to old -fashioned methods or ideas 开倒车◆ The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years . 新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。● run down /out the ˈclock (US ) if a sports team tries to run down /out the clock at the end of a game , it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring 消耗掉剩余的比赛时间（比赛接近结束时，球队不想进球而只设法控制住球，以阻止对方进球得分） ➡ compare time-wasting (2 ) ● the clocks go forward /back the time changes officially , for example at the beginning and end of summer （夏时制）时钟被拨快/拨回● beat the ˈclock to finish a task , race , etc . before a particular time 提前完成任务（或跑到终点等）● a ˌrace against ˈtime /the ˈclock a situation in which you have to do sth or finish sth very fast before it is too late 和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒● ˌstop the ˈclock to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit （在计时比赛或活动中）停表● watch the ˈclock (disapproving ) to be careful not to work longer than the required time ; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself 盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作） ➡ see also clock-watcher🔑 clockBrE /klɒk/ NAmE /klɑːk/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they clock BrE /klɒk/ NAmE /klɑːk/ present simple - he / she / it clocks BrE /klɒks/ NAmE /klɑːks/ past simple clocked BrE /klɒkt/ NAmE /klɑːkt/ past participle clocked BrE /klɒkt/ NAmE /klɑːkt/ -ing form clocking BrE /ˈklɒkɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈklɑːkɪŋ/ ~sth to reach a particular time or speed 达到（某时间或速度）◆ He clocked 10 .09 seconds in the 100 metres final . 他 100 米决赛跑出了 10.09 秒的速度。to measure the speed at which sb /sth is travelling 测…的速度◆ ~sb doing sth The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour . 警察测出她的车速每小时超过 100 英里。◆ ~sb /sth (at sth )Wind gusts at 80 m .p .h . were clocked at Rapid City . 据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。~sb | ~that… | ~what /where , etc .… (BrE , informal ) to notice or recognize sb 注意到；认出◆ I clocked her in the driving mirror . 我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。~sth (BrE , informal ) to illegally reduce the number of miles shown on a vehicle's milometer(= instrument that measures the number of miles it has travelled )in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has 非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊 ● ˌclock ˈin /ˈon (BrE ) (NAmE ˌpunch ˈin ) to record the time at which you arrive at work , especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡● ˌclock ˈout /ˈoff (BrE ) (NAmE ˌpunch ˈout ) to record the time at which you leave work , especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡● ˌclock ˈup sth to reach a particular amount or number 达到（某一数量或数目）◆ On the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles . 这次旅行我们的行程超过了 1 800 英里。◆ He has clocked up more than 25 years on the committee . 他担任委员会的委员已超过 25 年。 |
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