clock
noun /klɒk/
/klɑːk/
Idioms - enlarge image
时钟;钟 - The clock struck twelve/midnight.
时钟已敲响十二点/午夜十二点。 - The clock is fast/slow (= showing a time later/earlier than the true time).
这钟走得快了/慢了。 - The clock has stopped.
钟停了。 - The clock is right/wrong.
时钟是对的/错的。 - My clock said 9.02.
我的时钟显示9.02。 - by a clock It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.
厨房的钟六点十分了。 - 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。 - The sound of a clock ticking somewhere in the house kept him awake.
房子里某个地方的时钟滴答的声音让他无法入睡。 - 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。 - on a clock She checked the time on the clock.
她查看了时钟上的时间。
- Her clock told her it was time to get up.
她的时钟告诉她该起床了。 - His countdown clock reads forty seconds.
他的倒计时器显示还剩下 40 秒。 - It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock.
厨房的钟 10 点了。 - Pressing the 'Yes‘ or 'No‘ response button stops the clock.
按“是” 或“否”键使钟停止。 - Pressing the buzzer stops the clock.
按下蜂鸣器停止计时。 - That clock's fast.
那钟快。 - The clock on the mantelpiece said twelve o'clock.
壁炉台上的钟报12 点了。 - The clock struck the hour.
钟敲过整点了。 - This clock doesn't keep time.
这钟不准。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- 12-hour
- 24-hour
- …
- reset
- set
- wind
- …
- beep
- buzz
- chime (something)
- …
- face
- tower
- radio
- …
- against the clock
- around the clock
- round the clock
- …
- the dial of a clock
- the face of a clock
- the hands of a clock
- …
- The clock struck twelve/midnight.
- the clock[singular] (informal) the milometer in a vehicle (= an instrument that measures the number of miles the vehicle has travelled)
非法减少(车辆)计程器上的里程数;回拨(车辆)里程表作弊 - on the clock 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
- on the clock a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
词源late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’.
Idioms
against the clock
- if you do something against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time
抢时间;争分夺秒 - It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
为了及时完成建筑工作,我们在争分夺秒。 - to work against the clock
争分夺秒地工作
- It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
around/round the clock
- all day and all night without stopping
日夜不停;夜以继日 - Staff have been working around the clock to resolve the problems.
工作人员一直在夜以继日地工作来解决这些问题。
- Staff have been working around the clock to resolve the problems.
beat the clock
- to finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time
提前完成任务(或跑到终点等) - The player beat the clock and set a new record.
这位选手提前到达终点,创下了一项新纪录。
- The player beat the clock and set a new record.
clean somebody's clock (North American English, informal)
- to beat somebody at something
测…的速度 - She really cleaned his clock in that debate.
在那场辩论中,她真的赢了他。
- She really cleaned his clock in that debate.
- to physically attack someone
达到(某时间或速度) - Rosario delivered a blow that cleaned his clock, leaving him disabled.
罗萨里奥给了他一拳,清洗了他的时钟,让他残废了。
- Rosario delivered a blow that cleaned his clock, leaving him disabled.
the clock is ticking (down)
- used to say that there's not much time left before something happens
时钟: 过去常说时间不多了- The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve.
新年前夕,时钟滴答滴答地指向午夜。 - The clock is ticking for one mystery lottery winner who has less than 24 hours to claim a £64 million prize.
对于一名神秘彩票中奖者来说,时间不到24小时就能获得6400万英镑的奖金。
- The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve.
the clocks go forward/back
- the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer
(夏时制)时钟被拨快/拨回 - The clocks go back tonight.
今天晚上把钟往回拨。
- The clocks go back tonight.
put/turn the clock back
- to 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。 - Let's turn back the clock to the last decade.
让我们把时间拨回到上一个 10 年。
- I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance.
- (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。
- The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.
put the clocks forward/back (British English)
(North American English 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) - Remember to put your clocks back tonight.
记住今天晚上把钟拨回(一小时)。
- Remember to put your clocks back tonight.
a race against time/the clock
- a situation in which you have to do something or finish something very fast before it is too late
和时间赛跑;抢时间;争分夺秒 - Getting food to the starving refugees is now a race against time.
给饥饿的难民送食物现在是与时间赛跑。
- Getting food to the starving refugees is now a race against time.
run down/out the clock
- 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
compare time-wasting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)
stop the clock
- to 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 clock
- (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) - employees who are always watching the clock
总是在不停地看表等着下班的员工
- employees who are always watching the clock