| 单词 | hour |
| 释义 | 🔑 hourBrE /ˈaʊə(r)/ NAmE /ˈaʊər/ noun HELP Use an, not a, before hour. * hour 前不定冠词用 an，不用 a。🔑 [C ] (abbreviation hr , hr. ) 60 minutes ; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into 小时◆ It will take about an hour to get there . 到那里大约需要一小时。◆ The interview lasted half an hour . 会见持续了半小时。◆ It was a three -hour exam . 那是三小时的考试。◆ I waited for an hour and then I left . 我等了一个小时，然后就走了。◆ He'll be back in an hour . 他一小时后回来。◆ We're paid by the hour . 我们是论小时获得报酬的。◆ The rate of pay is £8 .50 an hour . 时薪为 8.5 英镑。◆ Top speed is 120 miles per hour . 最高时速为 120 英里。◆ York was within an hour's drive . 开车到约克不会超过一小时。◆ Chicago is two hours away (= it takes two hours to get there ). 到芝加哥需要两小时。◆ We're four hours ahead of New York (= referring to the time difference ). 我们比纽约早四个小时。◆ We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour ). 我们希望一小时内到达那里。🔑 [C , usually sing. ]a period of about an hour , used for a particular purpose 约一小时的时间◆ I use the Internet at work , during my lunch hour . 我上班时在午餐时间使用互联网。 ➡ see also happy hour, rush hour🔑 hours [pl. ]a fixed period of time during which people work , an office is open , etc .（工作、办公等的）固定时间◆ Opening hours are from 10 to 6 each day . 营业时间为每天 10 点到 6 点。◆ Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours . 多数从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。◆ What are your office hours ? 你的办公时间是几点到几点？◆ a hospital's visiting hours 医院的探视时间◆ Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open )used to be very restricted . 英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。◆ This is the only place to get a drink after hours (= after the normal closing time for pubs ). 这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。◆ Clients can now contact us by email out of hours (= when the office is closed ). 现在办公时间以外顾客可以用电邮和我们联系。🔑 hours [pl. ]a long time 长时间◆ It took hours getting there . 花了好长时间才到那里。◆ I've been waiting for hours . 我等了很久了。◆ 'How long did it last ?' 'Oh , hours and hours .' “持续了多久？” “噢，很久很久。”[sing. ]a particular point in time 某个时间◆ You can't turn him away at this hour of the night . 天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。[C , usually sing. ]the time when sth important happens 重要时刻◆ This was often thought of as the country's finest hour . 一般认为这是该国最美好的一段时光。◆ She thought her last hour had come . 她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。◆ Don't desert me in my hour of need . 不要在我困难的时候离开我。the hour [sing. ]the time when it is exactly 1 o'clock , 2 o'clock , etc .整点◆ There's a bus every hour on the hour . 每小时整点有一班公共汽车。◆ The clock struck the hour . 钟敲过整点了。hours [pl. ]used when giving the time according to the 24 -hour clock , usually in military or other official language （按 24 小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方用语）点钟◆ The first missile was launched at 2300 hours (= at 11 p .m .). 首枚导弹是在 23 点（晚上 11 点）发射的。HELPThis is pronounced '23 hundred hours' .这要读作 23 hundred hours。Silent lettersgnarled,gnash,gnat,gnaw,gnomehaute cuisine,heir,(NAmE herb),honour,hors d’oeuvre,hourknack,knee,kneel,knife,knight,knit,knob,knock,knot,know,knucklepsalm,psephology,psychic,ptarmigan,pterodactyl,psychologywrangle,wrap,wreath,wreck,wrench,wrestle,wriggle,wring,write,wrongbomb,climb,crumb,doubt,lamb,limbascent,fascinate,muscle,scene,scissorsheight,right,sleigh,weightalign,campaign,design,foreign,malign,reign,unfeignedbalmy,calm,calf,half,yolkautumn,column,condemn,damn,hymn,solemnbristle,fasten,listen,mortgage,soften,thistle,wrestlebiscuit,build,circuit,disguise,guilty,league,rogue,vagueyachtanswer,sword,two ● ˈall hours any time , especially a time which is not usual or suitable 任何时间（尤指非正常或不合适的时间）◆ He's started staying out till all hours (= until very late at night ). 他已经开始在外面待得很晚了。◆ She thinks she can call me at all hours of the day and night . 她以为她可以不分昼夜随时给我打电话。● keep … ˈhours if you keep regular , strange , etc . hours , the times at which you do things (especially getting up or going to bed ) are regular , strange , etc .做事（尤指作息）时间有规律（或怪异等）● the ˈsmall /ˈearly hours (also especiallyScotE the wee small ˈhours , also especiallyNAmE the wee ˈhours ) the period of time very early in the morning , soon after midnight 午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分◆ We worked well into the small hours . 我们一直工作到了午夜之后。◆ The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning . 战斗在星期六凌晨打响了。● at the eˌleventh ˈhour at the last possible moment ; just in time 在最后时刻；刚好来得及● the evil ˈhour /ˈday /ˈmoment (oftenhumorous ) the time when you have to do sth difficult or unpleasant 倒霉的时候（或日子、时刻）● kill ˈtime ● kill an ˈhour , a couple of ˈhours , etc .to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen （等待时）消磨时间，打发时光◆ We killed time playing cards . 我们打纸牌消磨时间。● at an unearthly ˈhour (informal ) very early , especially when this is annoying 很早；过分的早◆ The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train . 这工作需要起大早赶头班火车。● at an ungodly ˈhour very early or very late and therefore annoying 一大早（或很晚）；在十分不便的时间 |
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