1N-COUNT 小时 An hour is a period of sixty minutes. 小时
They waited for about two hours.
他们等了约两小时。
I only slept about half an hour that night.
我那天晚上只睡了大约半个小时。
...a twenty-four hour strike.
持续24小时的罢工
London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.
伦敦离这里有1小时路程,当我赶到时,手术已经完成了。
2N-PLURAL 长时间 People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. 长时间 [emphasis]
Getting there would take hours.
去那里要花很长时间。
3N-SING (时钟的)钟点,整点 A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. (时钟的)钟点,整点
4N-SING 时间;时刻 You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour . 时间;时刻 [literary]
...the hour of his execution. [+ of]
处决他的时间
The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.
即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。
5N-COUNT (人一生中的某个)时候,时期 If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling. (人一生中的某个)时候,时期 [literary]
He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need.
他回忆起她在丈夫困难之时的忠贞奉献。
...the darkest hour of my professional life. [+ of]
我职业生涯中最黑暗的时期
6N-PLURAL (每天发生或进行某事的)特定时间,固定时间 You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates. (每天发生或进行某事的)特定时间,固定时间
...the hours of darkness. [+ of]
夜晚
Phone us on this number during office hours.
上班时间打这个电话给我们。
...outside prison visiting hours.
在探监时间以外
7N-PLURAL (每周的)工作时间 If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. (每周的)工作时间
9PHRASE 下班后;营业(或办公、学习)时间以后 If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work. 下班后;营业(或办公、学习)时间以后
...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours.
钢厂工人下班后去放松一下的当地餐馆
Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center.
11PHRASE 在(某一时段的)任何时刻 If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does. 在(某一时段的)任何时刻 [disapproval]
She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning.
她不希望自己14岁的女儿凌晨才回家。
...a neighbour's car alarm going off at all hours of the day and night.
邻居的汽车警报器没日没夜响个不停。
12PHRASE 在凌晨;在下半夜 If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight. 在凌晨;在下半夜
Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning.
吉布斯于昨天凌晨被捕。
13PHRASE 长时间地;不停地 If you say that someone does something hour after hour, you are emphasizing that they do it continually for a long time. 长时间地;不停地 [emphasis]
He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour.
他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵个不停。
14PHRASE 整点地 If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour. 整点地
15PHRASE [v-link num PHR]整点差…分/ 整点过…分 If you want to state the time exactly, you can give a number of minutes followed by before the hour or past the hour . 整点差…分/ 整点过…分
16PHRASE 在通常营业(或工作、学习)时间之外 Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work. 在通常营业(或工作、学习)时间之外 [mainly British]
Teachers refused to run out of hours sports matches because they weren't being paid.
1period of sixty minutes小時ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOUR | HOUR + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤full, solid整整一個小時◇I slept for eight solid hours.我睡了整整八個小時。➤contact, credit (NAmE, botheducation教育) 面授課時;學分◇the number of contact hours per week每週的面授課時數VERB + HOUR➤take用⋯小時◇It takes two hours to get to Vancouver.去溫哥華要兩個小時。➤spend花⋯小時▸➤waste浪費⋯小時▸➤last持續⋯小時◇The performance lasted three hours.演出歷時三個小時。➤gain, lose快⋯小時;慢⋯小時◇You lose five hours when you fly from New York to London.乘飛機從紐約到倫敦時間上會慢五個小時。HOUR + VERB➤go by, pass⋯小時過去◇An hour passed and she still hadn't arrived.一個小時過去了,她還沒有到。PREPOSITION➤by the hour按小時◇They're paid by the hour.他們工作按小時計酬。➤for an hour一小時◇She worked for three hours.她工作了三個小時。➤in an hour, within an hour在一小時之內◇I should be back within a couple of hours.兩三個小時之內我就會回來。➤over an hour, under an hour超過/不到一小時◇He's been gone for over an hour.他已經走了一個多小時了。➤per hour每小時◇Top speed is 120 miles per hour.最高速度為每小時 120 英里。➤within the hour在一個小時之內◇We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour).我們希望能在一個小時之內到達那裏。➤hour of⋯小時的⋯◇There are still two hours of daylight left.白天的時間還剩下兩個小時。PHRASES➤half an hour半個小時▸➤hour after hour一個又一個小時▸➤in an hour's time (especially BrE) 一小時後▸➤with every passing hour隨着時間一小時一小時的流逝◇She grew more worried with every passing hour.時間一小時一小時地過去,她越來越擔心。➡ note at measurehour
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2the hourtime when a new hour starts整點VERB + THE HOUR | PREPOSITIONVERB + THE HOUR➤chime, strike整點報時;敲響整點時鐘◇The clock struck the hour.鐘整點報時。PREPOSITION➤on the hour整點時◇Buses leave every hour on the hour.公共汽車每小時一班,整點發車。➤past the hour整點過⋯◇ten minutes past the hour整點過十分➤to the hour (especially BrE) 差⋯分到整點◇ten minutes to the hour差十分到整點hour
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3time when you do a particular activity時段ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOUR | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤lunch午餐時間▸➤peak, rush高峰時段◇rush-hour traffic高峰時段的交通➤happy (= time in the early evening when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at lower prices than usual)歡樂時光(酒吧的酒水減價時間)VERB + HOUR➤spend度過⋯時間◇I spent my lunch hour shopping.我利用午餐時間買東西。PREPOSITION➤hour of⋯時間◇an hour of rest休息時間hour
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4hourstime when sb is working/a business is open工作或營業時間ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOURS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤office, opening, visiting, working辦公/開放/探視/工作時間◇the hospital's visiting hours醫院的探視時間➤flexible彈性上班時間▸➤long很長的工作時間▸➤regular有規律的作息時間▸➤licensing (BrE) 酒吧營業時間◇Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open)英國酒吧的營業時間VERB + HOURS➤work工作⋯時間◇She works very long hours.她上班的時間很長。➤keep保持⋯的作息時間◇He keeps regular hours.他的作息時間很有規律。PREPOSITION➤after hour下班後◇He spends a lot of time in his office after hours.下班後他還要在辦公室裏待很長時間。➤out of hour (especially BrE) 在上班時間以外◇Doctors often have to work out of hours.醫生經常要在正常上班以外的時間工作。hour
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5time when sth happens某時刻ADJECTIVE | HOUR + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤darkest, finest最黑暗的時刻;最美好的時光◇The war years were often thought of as the country's finest hour.人們常常把戰爭年代視為這個國家最美好的時期。➤antisocial, unearthly, ungodly, unsocial (especially BrE) 不通人情的/反常的/十分不便的/非正常的時間◇I apologize for calling you at this ungodly hour.原諒我這種時候給你打電話。◇Bakers have to work unsocial hours.麪包師不得不在非正常工作時間工作。➤early, early-morning, small, wee small hours (= the hours after midnight)凌晨時分;午夜後◇The party continued well into the early hours.聚會一直持續到第二天凌晨。➤late很晚的時分▸➤waking醒着的時候◇She spends every waking hour at the gym.除了睡覺的時候,她都在健身房度過。HOUR + VERB➤come⋯時刻來臨◇The hour had come for us to leave.我們離開的時間到了。PREPOSITION➤between the hours of從⋯點到⋯點◇The office is closed between the hours of twelve and two.辦事處十二點到兩點之間關門。➤hour of⋯的時刻◇the hours of darkness黑暗的時刻PHRASES➤your hour of need困難的時候◇She helped me in my hour of need.她在我困難的時候幫助過我。