| 单词 | clock |
| 释义 | clock (klɒk ) Word forms: clocks , clocking , clocked 1. countable noun A1 A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is. He was conscious of a clock ticking. He also repairs clocks and watches. The hands of the clock on the wall moved with a slight click. ...a digital clock. 2. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A time clock in a factory or office is a device that is used to record the hours that people work. Each worker puts a special card into the device when they arrive and leave, and the times are recorded on the card. Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night. 3. countable noun [usually singular] In a car, the clock is the instrument that shows the speed of the car or the distance it has travelled. [mainly British] The car had 160,000 miles on the clock. At 240 mph the needle went off the clock. 4. verb To clock a particular time or speed in a race means to reach that time or speed. Elliott clocked the fastest time this year for the 800 metres. [VERB noun] The yacht swayed in 40-knot winds, clocking speeds of 17 knots at times. [VERB noun] 5. verb [usually passive] If something or someone is clocked at a particular time or speed, their time or speed is measured at that level. He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres. [be V-ed + at] 170-mile-an-hour winds were clocked on a mountaintop in North Carolina. [be VERB-ed] 6. verb If you clock something, you notice or see it. [British, informal] I walked past that gate hundreds of times before I clocked it. [VERB noun] 7. See also alarm clock, biological clock, body clock, cuckoo clock, grandfather clock, o'clock 8. against the clock phrase If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time. The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise. It's now become a race against the clock. 9. to beat the clock phrase [VERB inflects] If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended. 10. round the clock/around the clock phrase B2 If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping. Rescue services have been working round the clock to free stranded motorists. We can't afford to give you around-the-clock protection. 11. turn the clock back/put the clock back phrase B2 If you want to turn the clock back or put the clock back, you want to return to a situation that used to exist, usually because the present situation is unpleasant. In some ways we wish we could turn the clock back. We cannot put back the clock. 12. watch the clock phrase [VERB inflects] B2 If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible. [informal] I started to watch the clock about halfway through the class. Phrasal verbs: clock in phrasal verb When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived. I have to clock in by eight. [VERB PARTICLE] clock in at phrasal verb If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long. There are four more songs, each clocking in at around 12 minutes. [V P P amount] clock off phrasal verb When you clock off at work, you leave work or put a special card into a device to show what time you left. The Night Duty Officer was ready to clock off. [VERB PARTICLE] They clocked off duty and left at ten to three. [VERB PARTICLE noun] clock on phrasal verb When workers clock on at a factory or office, they put a special card into a device to show what time they arrived. They arrived to clock on and found the factory gates locked. [VERB PARTICLE] clock out phrasal verb Clock out means the same as clock off. She had clocked out of her bank at 5.02pm using her plastic card. [VERB PARTICLE + of] clock up phrasal verb If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total. In two years, he clocked up over 100 victories. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Idioms: wish you could turn back the clock to wish to return to an earlier period, for example because you think it was a very good time or because you would like the chance to live your life differently He said if he could turn back the clock, he would act differently. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers round the clock or around the clock continuously, throughout the day and night Fire crews were working round the clock to bring the huge blazes under control. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: adjust a clock In the old days if you wanted to adjust the clock you'd pull out the stem and twiddle the hands. Times, Sunday Times After his death a committee took over, meeting twice a year to adjust the clock. Times, Sunday Times He reveals that almost 1 billion people experience the twice-yearly ritual of adjusting their clocks. Times, Sunday Times So politicians must adjust their clocks. Times, Sunday Times Choose a version with a digital clock display (£59.99) which makes a great alarm clock — just tap it to snooze for a few minutes. The Sun The built-in cycle computer includes a clock display and training tools such as a speed meter, odometer, trip distance meter, ride time, average speed and max speed. Globe and Mail It has a speaking alarm and clock, analog clock display, and call management timers and counters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2009, a severe storm delayed proceedings and even caused damage to the track-side clock display. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This amazing 55cm x 36cm digital clock displays the time in 22 cities across the globe. The Sun Fix the clock mechanism and hands in place. The Sun But, argued others, what did a clock mechanism have to do with democracy? Times, Sunday Times Since 2017, the building has been undergoing a major renovation programme, including the installation of a lift, resurfacing of the dials, and restoration of the clock mechanism. The Sun They would also have had the opportunity to crank the handle that winds the clock mechanism. Times, Sunday Times The tower itself has 12 bells and a clock mechanism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clock speed and drive size still mattered, but taste suddenly counted as well. canada.com The new system will seek to better reflect how clock speed, cache and bus speed combine to influence the overall performance of a processor. Globe and Mail Tweaks specifically designed to allow a processor to operate at a higher clock speed than normal are known as overclocking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using a 130 nm process was also good for pushing up the core clock speed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has and operates at up to for clock speed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the clock strikes six, head to the dancehall, where singers will get you jitterbugging and swinging. Times, Sunday Times The clock strikes 8am and the ambulances start to arrive. The Sun A clock strikes a cacophonous quarter that would infuriate anyone who had something else to listen to. Times, Sunday Times Use eyelash glue again, to create a design for a unique accessory when the clock strikes party o'clock. The Sun As the clock strikes way past midnight, it's time to call it a night. The Sun However, when he was supposed to take his second-year exam he stayed in bed, depressed and demotivated, watching the clock tick round. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Wearing full uniform and breathing apparatus, they were challenged to pull people from a burning room as the clock ticked down. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It is a timeless question set against the backdrop of the clock ticking down to the 2012 Olympics. Times, Sunday Times (2011) I am 37, so my biological clock is ticking. The Sun (2016) My biological clock is ticking. The Sun (2016) The trackers contained an electronic clock, calendar and light meter to pinpoint the birds' location. Times, Sunday Times This new electronic clock had no second hand judder and had a changed design, featuring two dashes at the quarter hours and single dashes elsewhere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It appears on the huge electronic clocks counting down the minutes to that great occasion. Times, Sunday Times Computers, electronic clocks, and programmable logic controllers (used to control industrial processes) are constructed of digital circuits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are also used as backup power to keep the time in certain electronic clocks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the middle of the 17th century, clocks had become more and more commonplace, the mechanical clock having been revolutionised by the invention of the pendulum. Times, Sunday Times In 1979, the original mechanical clock was converted partly to an electrical one. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was due to the development of the mechanical clock, which became more accurate, smaller and cheaper, and made keeping time easier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building was made of limestone, had a large copper door, and contained a mechanical clock in the clock tower. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the tower the mechanical clock was installed in 1927. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would have benefited from the microscope, telescope, barometer and pendulum clock. Times, Sunday Times For example, a pendulum clock moved from sea level to will lose 16 seconds per day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The old clock may have been removed in the 18th century and replaced by a pendulum clock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was used in the first pendulum clocks for about 50 years after the pendulum clock was invented in 1656. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After the war, a pendulum clock was installed and regulated by radio time signals from other timekeeping centres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you’ve been to an escape room, where you and your friends race the clock to solve puzzles to solve a mystery, this objective will feel familiar. Smithsonian Mag There are a wide range of abilities, and riders race the clock rather than one another. Times, Sunday Times The 39 riders in the time trial were broken into three groups, who would race the clock one hour separate from one another. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then, it would be time to reset the clock. Times, Sunday Times The timekeeper, with the referee's permission, reset the clock to show 00:01 (one whole second being the minimum unit of time possible). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If granted, these patents reset the clock on patent expiration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any event involving exposure to extreme heat may reset the clock by dehydroxylating the specimen, as though it were just out of the kiln. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Exposure to the new light-dark cycle, in the new time zone, resets the clock. Times, Sunday Times Changing terms can restart the clock and delay a deal. Houston Chronicle A lawful owner may also restart the clock at zero by giving temporary permission for the occupation of the property, thus defeating the necessary continuous and hostile element. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two years later it introduced a fee and restarted the clock on its three-year deadline to meet selfbuild demand. Times,Sunday Times Once, when he fell asleep, she stopped running but on waking he just restarted the clock at zero. Times, Sunday Times The law restarts the clock for suing with every paycheck. Houston Chronicle Last year's reclassification of its 34bn debt as part of general public spending put it under direct government control and set the clock ticking. Times, Sunday Times What do you do when you have set the clock in a guest's bedroom and the alarm goes off at 3.15 am? Times, Sunday Times I got home at something like 2.0am and set the clock for 4.15. The Sun But concessions will set the clock ticking on his demise, while a brutal crackdown would shred his claims to international legitimacy and send foreign investors fleeing to the airport. Times, Sunday Times Set your clock for a week of deadlines - and it's all about takeovers, on or off. Times, Sunday Times On the walls were local paintings alongside copper pans, decorative plates and a chiming wall clock. Times, Sunday Times Picture also shows antique copper aviator wall clock (225), corrugated ceramic vase (25) and geometric rug (150cm x 230cm; 250). Times, Sunday Times Last week he handed a petition to parliament and staged a publicity stunt in which islanders tore the mechanism out of a wall clock. Times, Sunday Times Accessorise any garage — or, if your better half allows you, the lounge — with a 10insquare wall clock based on a classic car's speedometer. Times, Sunday Times There are glam touches aplenty in grey and silver: a supersized wall clock here, shimmering chandeliers there. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 时钟, 测…的速度 Japanese: 時計, 記録を出す |
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