clock
noun
verb
klɒk noun
1 an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building （时）钟
The clock on the church tower said nine o’clock.
教堂塔楼上的钟显示是九点钟。
I lay there listening to the clock ticking .
我躺在那里听着钟声嘀嗒作响。
Mary set her alarm clock for 6:30 am (=made sure it would ring at 6:30) .
玛丽把闹钟设定在早上六点半。
My clock stopped and I didn’t wake up in time.
我的钟停了，我未能按时起床。
I heard the clock strike six .
我听到钟敲了六下。
by the hall/kitchen/church etc clock (according to a particular clock) 根据大厅/厨房/教堂等的钟
What time is it by the kitchen clock?
厨房里的钟几点了？
the clock is slow/fast (the clock is showing an earlier or later time than the real time) 钟慢/快了
The station clock was ten minutes slow.
车站的钟慢了十分钟。
wind (up) a clock
set a clock by sth (change the time on a clock according to the time on the television, radio etc) 根据…给钟调整时间
I set my clock by the 6 o’clock news.
我根据六点钟的新闻调准时钟。
clock face
2
around the clock round the clock
also 又作 all day and all night without stopping [英] 昼夜，日以继夜地，日夜不停地 BrE
Kim has been working round the clock to finish it in time.
基姆为了按时完成一直在夜以继日地工作。
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put/turn the clock back set the clock back
a. also 又作 to go back to the way things were done in the past instead of doing things in a modern way – used in order to show disapproval b. to return to a good situation that you experienced in the past or to make someone remember such a situation 让时光倒转，回到从前 AmE
The new employment bill will put the clock back fifty years.
新的就业法案简直是倒退了五十年。
The kids are all grown up now and you can’t put the clocks back .
孩子们现在都已经长大，你无法让时光倒转。
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put the clock(s) back/forward
to change the time shown on the clock to one hour earlier or later, when the time officially changes [英] 〔根据官方的时间调整〕把时间拨回/快（一小时） BrE
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the clocks go back/forward
the time changes officially to one hour earlier or later [英] 〔根据官方的时间调整〕时间拨回/快（一小时） BrE
The clocks go back in October.
十月份时间拨回一小时。
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against the clock
a. if you work against the clock, you work as quickly as you can because you do not have much time b. if you run, swim etc against the clock, you run or swim a particular distance while your speed is measured 〔跑步、游泳等需要计时的活动〕尽可能快地，拼命地
Everyone is racing against the clock to get things ready in time.
为了按时完成工作，人人都在和时间赛跑。
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twenty-four hour clock
a system for measuring time in which the hours of the day and night have numbers from 0 to 23 二十四小时制时钟
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start/stop the clock
to start or stop measuring how much time is left in a game or sport that has a time limit 〔在比赛中〕开始/停止计时
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the clock
a. an instrument in a vehicle that measures how far it has travelled b. an instrument in a vehicle that measures the speed at which it is travelling 车速表，车速计
on the clock a car with 43,000 miles on the clock
里程计上显示跑了43,000英里的一辆汽车
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run out the clock/kill the clock
10. if a team runs out the clock at the end of a game, it tries to keep the ball for the rest of the game so that its opponents cannot get any points [美] 〔在比赛快结束时持球〕消磨时间不让对方得分 AmE
verb
11 to cover a distance in a particular time, or to reach a particular speed in a race 以…速度行驶; 达到〔某速度〕
Karen won in the 300 metres, clocking 42.9 seconds.
凯伦在 300 米比赛中获胜，跑了 42.9 秒。
the first steam engine to clock 100 miles an hour
第一台时速为 100 英里的蒸汽机车
12 to measure or record the time or speed that someone or something is travelling at 测 （记录 ）…的速度
clock sb at/doing sth
The police clocked him doing between 100 and 110 miles per hour.
警察测出他的时速在 100 到 110 英里之间。
13 to notice someone or something, or to look at them carefully [英，非正式] 注意到，仔细看 BrE informal
Did you clock the bloke by the door?
你注意到门口那个家伙了吗？
14 to reduce the number of miles or kilometres shown on the instrument in a car that says how far it has gone, in order to sell the car for more money [英] 〔为了使汽车卖高价而〕改小〔汽车〕的里程数 BrE
He knew the car had been clocked, but he couldn’t prove it.
明明知道这辆车的里程数被改过了，但他无法证明。
15 to record on a special card the time you arrive at or begin work [尤英] 〔用专门的卡片〕记录上班的时间，打卡上班; AmE
I clock on at 8:30.
我 8 点 30 分打卡上班。
16 to leave work at the end of the day [非正式] 下班 informal
What time do you clock off?
你几点下班？
17 to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work 〔用专门的卡片〕记录下班的时间，打卡下班
By 6 p.m. most workers have clocked off.
到下午 6 点，大部分员工都已经打卡下班了。
18 to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work [尤英] 〔用专门的卡片〕记录下班的时间，打卡下班; AmE
19 to reach or achieve a particular number or amount 达到〔某一数量〕
The Dodgers have clocked up six wins in a row.
道奇队已连胜六场。
I clocked up 90,000 miles in my Ford.
我的福特车已跑了 90,000 英里。
Councillor Scott has clocked up more than 25 years on the borough council.
斯科特委员在行政区委员会里工作超过 25 年了。