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n.时钟

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名词:clocker 动词过去式:clocked 过去分词:clocked 现在分词:clocking 第三人称单数:clocks

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clock


/klɒk; klɑk/
n
1 instrument for measuring and showing time (not carried or worn like a watch) 时钟.
2 (infml 口) instrument (eg a taxi meter or a milometer) for measuring and recording things other than time 计量和记录仪器(如计程车计费表或里程表)
*a second-hand car with
20000 miles on the clock 里程表上显示已行驶20000英里的二手车.
3 (idm 习语) around/round the `clock all day and all night 整天整夜; 夜以继日
*Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life. 外科医生们正在日夜工作以抢救他的生命.
* [attrib 作定语] Doctors must provide a round-the-clock service. 必须昼夜不停地有医生应诊. beat the clock => beat1. put the `clock back return to a past age or to old-fashioned ideas, laws, customs, etc 开倒车; 倒行逆施
*The new censorship law will put the clock back (by)
50 years. 新的审查条例是开倒车, 要退回到50年前的水平. put the clock/clocks forward/back (in countries which have official summer time) change the time, usu by one hour, at the beginning/end of summer (夏时制)将时钟拨快[拨回](通常为一小时)
*Remember to put your clocks back (one hour) tonight. 记住今天晚上把钟拨回(一小时). watch the clock => watch2. ,work against the `clock work fast in order to finish a task before a certain time (为在某一时间完成任务)加快工作; 抢时间做.
1. Easton gave his name and address and began repeating the story about the clock.
    伊斯顿说出了名字和住址。又讲了一遍有关钟的事。

2. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.
    "大本"钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士,因为当建造新的国会大厦时,他负责建造大钟。

3. When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B. B. C.
    当你游览伦敦时,首先看到的东西之一就是"大本"钟,即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟。

4. We can have dinner at seven o´clock.
    7点钟我们可以吃饭。

5. When he got there he found the clock so high up that he could not see the figures on the face distinctly.
    走到钟下时,他发现钟挂得太高了。他根本没有办法看清楚钟面上的数字。

6. When they arrived at the house Easton opened the door, and after making some entries in his note-book the officer went away, much to the relief of Easton, who went upstairs, set the hands of the clock right and started it going.
    他们到了伊斯顿家,伊斯顿打开了家门。巡警在记事本上记下了些什么后就走开了。伊斯顿松了口气。他走上楼去,把钟拨准,上足了弦儿。

7. The approximate time of their arrival will be five o´clock.
    他们约于五点到达。

8. The class begins at eight o´clock.
    八点钟开始上课.

9. The burial took place at 6 o´clock.
    葬礼是在六点钟举行的。

10. The clock gains a few minutes.
    这钟快几分钟。

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