| 单词 | of the clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the clock a. of the clock: (used to express time, following a numeral indicating the hour) of or according to the clock; = o'clock adv. 1a. Now archaic (frequently humorous). [Compare Anglo-Norman del clok, de la clok, de clokke (late 14th cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [adverb] > o'clock of the clock1384 at (the) clockc1405 o'clock1419 of the bell1422 clock1629 1384 Proclam. Sir Nicholas Brembre in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 33 (MED) That no denzeins..ne bigge no manere fissh..for-to ten of the clokke be smyte. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 17 I wille yt on the day of my intirment be songge a messe of prikked song..at vij. of ye clokke. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxiii. 148 Bytwene noone and thre of the clocke. 1618 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. 1155 The reasoning continued from eight vnto eleuen of the cloke. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 105 The House met allways at eight of the Clock. 1884 W. Gladstone Speech in Parl. 26 Feb. 2/5 That the Speaker..be presented to-morrow at two of the clock in the House of Lords. 1938 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 249 358/2 That..the House do sit on Mondays from half after two of the clock p.m. to half after ten of the clock p.m. 2014 Scunthorpe Tel. (Nexis) 11 Sept. 28 We were up late that Saturday and at one of the clock we exchange cards. < as lemmas |
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