| 释义 |
hour/ˈaʊə/n. 1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes 小时 (1 个小时等于 60 分钟) 2 a time of day, a point in time 时间；时刻 a late hour 晚些时候; what is the hour? 几点了？ 3 (in pl. with preceding numerals in form 18.00, 20.30, etc. 用复数，前接 18.00, 20.30 等数字) this number of hours and minutes past midnight on the 24-hour clock 钟点 will assemble at 20.00 hours 晚上 8 点集合 4a a period set aside for some purpose 用于某一用途的时间 lunch hour 午饭时间; keep regular hours 保持作息时间正常 b (in pl. 用复数) a fixed period of time for work, use of a building, etc. 工作时间 office hours 办公时间; opening hours 营业时间 5 a short indefinite period of time 一段(不确定的)时间 an idle hour 无聊时刻 6 the present time 现在，目前 question of the hour 目前的问题 7 a time for action etc. (行动等的)时候 the hour has come 是时候了 8 the distance travelled in one hour 1 小时的行程 we are an hour from London 我们离伦敦还有 1 小时的路程 9 RC Ch. 【天主教】a prayers to be said at one of seven fixed times of day (一天中 7 个固定时间所做的)祈祷，祷告 book of hours 祈祷书 b any of these times 祈祷时间 10 (prec. by 前接 the) each time o'clock of a whole number of hours 整点 buses leave on the hour 汽车整点开出; on the half-hour 在半点; at quarter past the hour 整点过一刻 11 Astron. 15° of longitude or right ascension 【天】赤经 15 度 □ after hours after closing time 下班以后，关门以后 □ till all hours till very late 到很晚 [Middle English ure etc. via Anglo-French ure, Old French ore, eure and Latin hora from Greek hōra ‘season, hour’] |