hour
noun
aʊə noun
1
60 MINUTES
60 分钟
written abbreviation 书面缩写为 hra unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in one day. 小时
2
BUSINESS/WORK ETC
营业/工作等
a fixed period of time in the day when a particular activity, business etc happens 〔某一活动、业务等的固定〕时间 plural 复数
hours of business 9.00-5.00
营业时间: 9 点－5 点
office/opening hours
Please call during office hours.
请在办公时间来电话。
working hours/hours of work
the advantages of flexible working hours
弹性工作时间的好处
visiting hours
after hours
3
(work) long/regular etc hours
if you work long, regular etc hours, the period that you work is longer than usual, always the same etc （工作）时间长/固定等
the long hours worked by hospital doctors
医院医生很长的工作时间
Many hospital staff have to work unsocial hours (=work in the evenings so that you cannot spend time with family or friends)
， 许多医务人员必须在非正常时间上班。
work all the hours God sends
4
TIME OF DAY
一天里的时间
a particular period or point of time during the day or night 〔一天里的某个〕时间段，时刻 :
in the early/small hours (of the morning)
There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning.
凌晨时分有人敲门。
Who can be calling at this late hour ? (=used when you are surprised or annoyed by how late at night or early in the morning something is)
谁会这么晚打电话来呢？
daylight/daytime hours
The park is open during daylight hours.
公园白天开放。
the hours of darkness/daylight
literary 【文】: Few people dared to venture out during the hours of darkness.
几乎没有人敢在夜里冒险外出。
unearthly/ungodly hour (used when you are complaining about how early or late something is) 一大早; 很晚〔抱怨太早或太晚〕
We had to get up at some ungodly hour to catch a plane.
我们得一大早就起床去赶飞机。
at all hours/at any hour (of the day or night) (at any time) 在任何时间，随时
If you have a problem, you know you can call at any hour of the day or night.
如果遇到问题，你知道你可以随时打电话来。
She’s up studying till all hours (=until unreasonably late at night) .
她一直学习到深夜。
5
LONG TIME
长时间
a long time or a time that seems long [非正式] 长时间 usually plural 一般用复数 | informal
We had to spend hours filling in forms.
我们只得花很长时间填表。
for hours (on end)
It’ll keep the children amused for hours on end.
这可以让孩子们开心很长时间。
a really boring lecture that went on for hours and hours
十分枯燥、没完没了的讲座
She lay awake for hour after hour (=for many hours, continuously) .
她躺着，很长时间无法入睡。
6
O’CLOCK
钟点
the time of the day when a new hour starts, for example one o’clock, two o’clock etc 整点 AmE
strike/chime the hour
(every hour) on the hour (every hour at six o’clock, seven o’clock etc) （每小时的）整点
There are flights to Boston every hour on the hour.
每小时整点有航班飞往波士顿。
10/20 etc minutes before/after the hour
It’s twelve minutes before the hour, and you’re listening to Morning Edition on NPR.
现在是整点差 12 分，您收听的是全国公共广播电台“早晨版”节目。
7
1300/1530/05 etc hours
used to give the time in official or military reports and orders 13 时/15 时 30 分/18 时 05 分等〔官方或军队在报告式命令中使用〕
The helicopters lifted off at 0600 hours.
直升机 6 点起飞。
8
by the hour/from hour to hour
if a situation is changing by the hour or from hour to hour, it is changing very quickly and very often 〔变化〕快速不断地，每小时都有地
This financial crisis is growing more serious by the hour.
这场金融危机正在迅速加剧。
9
lunch/dinner hour
the period in the middle of the day when people stop work for a meal 午餐时间
I usually do the crossword in my lunch hour.
我通常在午餐时间做填字游戏。
10
IMPORTANT TIME
重要时刻
an important moment or period in history or in your life 重要时刻 （时期） usually singular 一般用单数
sb’s finest/greatest/darkest hour
This was our country’s finest hour.
这是我国最辉煌的时刻。
sb’s hour of need/glory etc
11
of the hour
11. important at a particular time, especially the present time 某一刻〔尤指目前〕
one of the burning questions of the hour
目前急需解决的问题之一
the hero/man of the hour