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hourHaJE5, $aJrn [C]a period of 60 minutes小时The exam lasted an hour/three hours/half an hour/a quarter of an hour/an hour and a half.考试持续了一小时/三小时/半小时/十五分钟/一个半小时。There are 24 hours in a day.一天有二十四小时。How many hours'sleep do you need?你需要多少小时的睡眠?'Hour' or 'hours' can also mean a time or period of time when a particular thing happens.时间What time's your lunch/dinner hour?你的午饭/晚饭时间是几点?I work normal office/business hours.我在正常的办公/工作时间工作。I'll be back in an hour's/two hours'time (= after one/two hours).我一小时/两小时后回来。If you keep regular/late/unusual hours, you go to bed, get up or work at regular/late/unusual times.遵循有规律的/晚睡晚起的/特别的作息时间The village is an hour from Cambridge/an hour away (= It takes an hour to travel there).这村子离剑桥/离这儿有一小时的路程。He gets paid by the hour (= gets a particular amount of money for each hour he works).他拿计时工资。The clock strikes the hour (= It makes a noise at one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).这个钟整点报时。Trains leave every hour on the hour (= at exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).火车每小时整点发车。Weather conditions in these mountains change (from) hour to hour (= they are different every hour).山间的天气情况时时在变。Buses leave at ten minutes past/to the hour (= at ten past/to one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).公共汽车每个整点过十分/差十分发车。(specialized) War was declared at eighteen hundred/18.00 hours (= at six o'clock in the evening).宣战时间是18点。At the agreed hour (= At the time arranged in advance), a car stopped outside the bank.在约定时间，汽车停在了银行外。The doctor said we could call her at any hour of the day or night (= at any time) if we were worried.医生说如果我们不放心，可在白天或夜晚任何什么时候叫他。What are you doing here at this hour (= at this time)?这时候你在这儿干什么?(disapproving) Who could be phoning us at this ungodly hour (= at this unreasonable time)?谁这么不是时候打电话给我们?He works long hours (= starts work early and finishes late).他长时间地工作。Granny spent long hours (= a long time) talking about her childhood.奶奶讲述她的童年，没完没了地。I often do some of my own work after hours (= after the usual times of work).我经常在下班后做一些自己的事情。(esp. Br) If you drink in a bar, etc. out of hours (Am and Aus after hours), you drink alcohol at a time when it is not allowed by law.违禁时间The police are trying to stop out-of-hours drinking.警察试图阻止违禁时间饮酒。I waited for him for hours (and hours) (= for a very long time).我等了他很长时间。(esp. disapproving) They keep ringing me up at all hours (of the day and night) (= continually during the day and the night).他们整天不停地打电话给我。(esp. disapproving) He stays up drinking till all hours (= very late).他喝酒喝得很晚。I sat by her bedside for hour after hour/hour upon hour (= many hours without stopping).我连续几小时坐在她床边。(literary) She helped me in my hour of need (= when I urgently needed help).她在我急需帮助的时候帮了我。(literary) If you think your hour has come, you think you are going to die.死期来临I thought my hour had come when he pointed his gun at me.当他用枪指着我时，我想我的死期到了。 Periods of time, Time
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