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hour /ˈaʊə(r)/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 小时
a quarter of an hour 1刻钟
a three hours' walk 3小时的步行
work for hours at a stretch 连续工作几小时
There is half an hour to go. 还有半小时。
2. 时间，时刻
the breakfast hour 早饭时间
help in sb.'s hour of need 在某人困难的时候给予帮助
Please come at an early hour. 请早来。
Where are you going at this hour? 都这时候了你还去哪儿?
What is the hour? 几点钟了?
The hour is 2:30. 两点半了。
3. 钟点；(24小时计时制中的)…点钟
This clock strikes the hours and the half-hours. 这口钟每一小时和半小时打点。
0010 hours (读作 zero ten hours) 凌晨零点10分
1200 hours (读作 twelve hundred hours) 中午12点
2106 hours (读作 twenty-one o six hours) 21点零6分
0000 hour(s) (读作 zero hour(s)) 零点
arrival at 1430 hours 14点30分到达
In the military 4:30 p.m. is called 1630 hours. 在军队里，下午4点30分叫做16点30分。
4. 一段短(或有限)的时间
After his hour of glory, he was soon forgotten. 荣耀一时后，他很快被人忘记了。
5. 一小时的行程；一小时内能做完的事
It is five hours from here to that city by rail. 从这儿到那个城市有5小时的火车路程。
We are still an hour from Shanghai. 我们离上海还有一小时的路程。
Seattle is almost six hours away. 到西雅图差不多要6小时。
6. 课时(通常为40至55分钟)；学分小时
7. 目前，现时
the question of the hour 当前的问题
the man of the hour 令世瞩目的人物
The hour calls for immediate action. 现在需要立即行动。
8. 【天】赤经15度
9. [hours] (用于工作、 学习等的)固定时间；(通常的)起床和睡觉时间
school hours 上课时间
The business hours are (from) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 营业时间从上午8时到下午5时。
What are the hours in your office? 你公司的办公时间是几点到几点?
10. [hours] (天主教)祈祷礼拜(时间)(每日7次)
[< OFr hore < L hōra < Gr: time, season] phr. after hours 办公 (或营业、学习等)时间以后 The store was cleaned and swept out after hours. 商店在打烊后大扫除。He worked on his invention at home after hours. 他下班后便在家里搞发明。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 〈谚〉一日之计在于晨。 at all hours 在任何时候，始终不间断地 in a good (或 happy) hour 在幸运的时刻；幸运地，侥幸 in an evil (或 ill) hour 在不幸的时刻；不幸地 keep early hours 早起早睡 keep late hours 晚睡晚起 keep regular hours 生活有规律 one's hour 1. = one's last hour
2. 紧要关头
one's last hour 死期
on the hour 1. 在某一钟点正，按照整小时地
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the suburban trains leave every hour on the hour. 从上午8时到下午4时，近郊火车每小时正点开出一列。
2. 一小时后
out of hours 在通常工作(或学习等)时间之外(或前后)
serve the hour 〈废〉随波逐流；趋炎附势
The darkest hour is that before the dawn. (或: The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.) 〈谚〉黎明之前最黑暗。
till all hours 到很晚
within the hour 一个小时内 |