1
- done or occurring every hour每小时的：
there is an hourly bus service.
每小时有一班公交车。
1.1
- (with numeral or fraction) occurring at intervals measured in hours与数字或分数连用小时的：
receiving six hourly doses of morphine
接受六次间隔一小时的吗啡剂量的吗啡
trains run at half-hourly intervals.
火车每半小时开一班。
2
- reckoned hour by hour按小时计算的：
to introduce standard fees instead of hourly rates.
引进标准计费来代替小时计费。
1
- every hour每小时：
sunscreens should be applied hourly
防晒霜应该每小时涂一次
a train runs hourly from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
从早上7点到晚上8点火车每小时有一班。
1.1
- (with numeral or fraction) at intervals measured in hours与数字或分数连用每隔…小时：
temperature should be recorded four-hourly.
体温应每四小时测量一遍。
2
- by the hour按小时：
hourly paid workers.
以小时计酬的工人。
3
- very frequently; continually频繁地; 不断地：
her curiosity was mounting hourly.
她的好奇心不断增长。