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🔑 clockBrE /klɒk/NAmE /klɑːk/ noun🔑 [C] an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room, on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch) 时钟；钟◆It was ten past six by the kitchen clock. 厨房的钟六点十分了。◆The clock struck twelve/midnight.时钟已敲响十二点/午夜十二点。◆The clock is fast/slow.这钟走得快了/慢了。◆The clock has stopped. 钟停了。◆the clock face (= the front part of a clock with the numbers on) 钟面◆The hands of the clock crept slowly around. 钟的时针在缓慢地走着。◆Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall. 埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。 ➡ see also alarm clock, biological clock, body clock, carriage clock, cuckoo clock, grandfather clock, o'clock, time clock the clock [sing.] (informal) = milometer ◆a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock 一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车 ●against the ˈclockif you do sth against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time 抢时间；争分夺秒●around/round the ˈclockall day and all night without stopping 日夜不停；夜以继日●put the clocks forward/back(BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer （夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快/拨回（一般为一个小时）●put/turn the ˈclock backto return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age 倒退；复旧；怀旧◆I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance. 我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。(disapproving) to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas 开倒车◆The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years. 新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。●run down/out the ˈclock(US) if a sports team tries to run down/out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring 消耗掉剩余的比赛时间（比赛接近结束时，球队不想进球而只设法控制住球，以阻止对方进球得分） ➡ compare time-wasting (2) ●the clocks go forward/backthe time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer （夏时制）时钟被拨快/拨回●beat the ˈclockto finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time 提前完成任务（或跑到终点等）●a ˌrace against ˈtime/the ˈclocka situation in which you have to do sth or finish sth very fast before it is too late 和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒●ˌstop the ˈclockto stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit （在计时比赛或活动中）停表●watch the ˈclock(disapproving) to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself 盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作） ➡ see also clock-watcher 🔑 clockBrE /klɒk/NAmE /klɑːk/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they clock BrE /klɒk/ NAmE /klɑːk/present simple - he / she / it clocks BrE /klɒks/ NAmE /klɑːks/past simple clocked BrE /klɒkt/ NAmE /klɑːkt/past participle clocked BrE /klɒkt/ NAmE /klɑːkt/ -ing form clocking BrE /ˈklɒkɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈklɑːkɪŋ/~ sthto reach a particular time or speed 达到（某时间或速度）◆He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres final. 他 100 米决赛跑出了 10.09 秒的速度。to measure the speed at which sb/sth is travelling 测…的速度◆~ sb doing sthThe police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour. 警察测出她的车速每小时超过 100 英里。◆~ sb/sth (at sth) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City. 据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。~ sb | ~ that… | ~ what/where, etc.…(BrE, informal) to notice or recognize sb 注意到；认出◆I clocked her in the driving mirror. 我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。~ sth(BrE, informal) to illegally reduce the number of miles shown on a vehicle's milometer (= instrument that measures the number of miles it has travelled) in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has 非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊 ●ˌclock ˈin/ˈon(BrE) (NAmE ˌpunch ˈin) to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡●ˌclock ˈout/ˈoff(BrE) (NAmE ˌpunch ˈout) to record the time at which you leave work, especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡●ˌclock ˈup sthto reach a particular amount or number 达到（某一数量或数目）◆On the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles. 这次旅行我们的行程超过了 1 800 英里。◆He has clocked up more than 25 years on the committee. 他担任委员会的委员已超过 25 年。 |
