Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense clocks, present participle clocking, past tense, past participle clocked
1N-COUNT 钟;时钟 A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is. 钟;时钟
He was conscious of a clock ticking.
他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。
He also repairs clocks and watches.
他也修钟表。
The hands of the clock on the wall moved with a slight click.
墙上挂钟的指针走动着,发出轻微的咔嗒声。
...a digital clock.
数字时钟
2N-COUNT [oft n NOUN]考勤钟;上下班计时钟 A time clock in a factory or office is a device that is used to record the hours that people work. Each worker puts a special card into the device when they arrive and leave, and the times are recorded on the card. 考勤钟;上下班计时钟
Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.
公务员早、中、晚都要打卡。
3N-COUNT [usually singular](汽车的)车速表,里程表 In a car, the clock is the instrument that shows the speed of the car or the distance it has travelled. (汽车的)车速表,里程表 [mainly British]
The car had 160,000 miles on the clock.
里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里.
At 240 mph the needle went off the clock.
车速达到每小时240英里时,里程表上的指针显示超出了最高时速。
4VERB 达到(特定的时间或速度) To clock a particular time or speed in a race means to reach that time or speed. 达到(特定的时间或速度)
Elliott clocked the fastest time this year for the 800 metres. [VERB noun]
埃利奥特跑出了今年800米的最快速度
The yacht swayed in 40-knot winds, clocking speeds of 17 knots at times. [VERB noun]
游艇在风速为40节的大风中摇摆前行,有时航速能达到17节。
5VERB [usually passive]为…计时;为…测速 If something or someone is clocked at a particular time or speed, their time or speed is measured at that level. 为…计时;为…测速
He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres. [beV-ed + at]
他100米跑了11秒。
170-mile-an-hour winds were clocked on a mountaintop in North Carolina. [beVERB-ed]
在北卡罗来纳州一处山顶测得的风速为每小时170英里。
6VERB 注意到;看到 If you clock something, you notice or see it. 注意到;看到 [British, informal]
If there was any scandal in that company, you can be sure that Bobby will have clocked it. [VERB noun]
8PHRASE 与时间赛跑;争分夺秒 If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time. 与时间赛跑;争分夺秒
The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
开始涨潮了,紧急救援机构正在争分夺秒地工作。
It's now become a race against the clock.
从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。
9PHRASE [VERB inflects]提前完成任务 If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended. 提前完成任务
10PHRASE 不分昼夜;日夜不停 If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping. 不分昼夜;日夜不停
Rescue services have been working round the clock to free stranded motorists.
救援部门一直在日夜不停地工作,解救被困司机。
We can't afford to give you around-the-clock protection.
我们没有能力对你提供24小时的保护。
11PHRASE 倒退;回到以前 If you want to turn the clock back or put the clock back, you want to return to a situation that used to exist, usually because the present situation is unpleasant. 倒退;回到以前
In some ways we wish we could turn the clock back.
在某些方面,我们希望能回到以前。
We cannot put back the clock.
我们无法让时光倒流。
12PHRASE [VERB inflects](通常指因不耐烦而)不断看时间,老是看钟表 If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible. (通常指因不耐烦而)不断看时间,老是看钟表 [informal]
I started to watch the clock about halfway through the class.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOCK | CLOCK + VERB | CLOCK + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤accurate準確的時鐘▸➤12-hour, 24-hour * 12 小時 /24 小時時鐘▸➤digital, electric數字鐘;電鐘➤atomic原子鐘➤time考勤鐘▸➤bedside, kitchen牀頭鐘;廚房鐘▸➤alarm, carriage, cuckoo, grandfather, pendulum, travel, travelling, wall鬧鐘;便攜式時鐘;布穀鳥自鳴鐘;落地擺鐘;擺鐘;旅行鐘;掛鐘➤ticking滴答作響的時鐘➤countdown (NAmE) 倒計時器◇His countdown clock reads forty seconds.他的倒計時器顯示還剩下 40 秒。➤biological, body, circadian (biology生物) , internal生物鐘◇With jet lag, your biological clock is out of synch with the actual time.因為時差的緣故,你的生物鐘與實際時間不同步了。VERB + CLOCK➤reset, set, wind重調時間;調時間;給鐘上弦◇I've set my alarm clock for six tomorrow.我已經把鬧鐘定到了明早 6 點。➤move back, put back, set back, turn back (oftenfigurative) 往後撥鐘;追溯◇Let's turn back the clock to the last decade.讓我們把時間撥回到上一個 10 年。➤move ahead, put forward, set ahead, turn forward (oftenfigurative) 往前撥鐘➤calibrate, synchronize校準時鐘▸➤stop (for example in a game比賽時)使鐘停下◇Pressing the buzzer stops the clock.按下蜂鳴器停止計時。➤check, glance at, look at核對鐘錶;瞥一眼鐘;看看鐘▸➤watch不停地看時間◇employees who are always watching the clock (= wanting their day's work to end)總是在不停地看錶等着下班的員工➤beat (= do something in less time than is allowed)在規定的時間以前完成◇The player beat the clock and set a new record.這位選手提前到達終點,創下了一項新紀錄。CLOCK + VERB➤beep, buzz, chime (sth), ring, strike sth, tick時鐘嘟嘟響/嗡嗡響/報(⋯時)/鳴響/敲⋯點/滴答響◇The clock struck the hour.時鐘整點報時。◇I could hear a clock ticking somewhere in the house.我能聽見鐘在房子裏某個地方滴答作響。➤stop鐘停▸➤keep time鐘走得準◇This clock doesn't keep time.這鐘不準。➤be fast, be slow鐘快;鐘慢◇That clock's fast.那鐘快。➤gain time, lose time鐘走得快;鐘走得慢➤be right, be wrong鐘走時準確/不準▸➤go back, go forward鐘回撥/往前撥◇The clocks go back tonight.今天晚上把鐘往回撥。➤say sth, tell sth鐘報時◇The clock on the wall said twelve o'clock.牆上的鐘報 12 點了。◇Her clock told her it was time to get up.她的時鐘告訴她該起牀了。➤go off鐘響鬧鈴◇My alarm clock didn't go off this morning.我的鬧鐘今天早上沒有響。CLOCK + NOUN➤face鐘面▸➤tower鐘樓▸➤radio收音機鬧鐘PREPOSITION➤against the clock搶時間◇to work against the clock (= to work fast in order to finish before a particular time)搶時間工作➤around the clock, round the clock (= all day and all night) (especially BrE) 日夜不停◇to work around the clock夜以繼日地工作➤by the clock根據這個鐘◇It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock.廚房的鐘 10 點了。PHRASES➤the dial of a clock, the face of a clock, the hands of a clock鐘盤;鐘面;鐘的指針