单词 | to clock in |
释义 | > as lemmasto clock in to clock in 1. intransitive. To register the precise time of one's arrival at work by means of a time clock (time clock n. 1); (more generally) to register one's arrival, to enter a place, to begin something. Also transitive (frequently reflexive): to register the arrival of (a person) at work in this way. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > record arrival or departure to sign on1862 to sign off1878 to punch the clock1890 to book off1891 to sign out1903 to clock off1904 to clock on1909 to punch out1913 to clock in1914 to clock out1914 to check in or out1952 1914 Auto-motor Jrnl. 9 May 593/1 At 12 o'clock practically every car had ‘clocked in’ and was sealed. 1919 Times of India 24 Feb. 10/1 The men demanded time off for morning beer, some minutes grace when ‘clocking in’, and uncounted time for washing hands before meals. 1926 Spectator 27 Feb. 359/2 He clocks himself in on an automatic timekeeper. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xxii. 284 As soon as I've clocked in at my hotel. 1980 M. Babson Queue here for Murder ii. 21 Soon the Bonnard's sales force would start clocking in, and..after that the customers. 2017 J. Bennett Alex, Approximately v. 53 We clock in, stow our stuff in our assigned lockers, and don our orange vests. 2. intransitive. With at. To accomplish a specified time in a race; to be of a specified duration, speed, height, etc. Also transitive: to record (a person or thing) as accomplishing a specified time in a race; to measure as having a specified duration, speed, height, etc. ΚΠ 1930 Age (Melbourne) 11 Aug. 5/8 He did not gain the fastest time, that honor falling to J. Oberon, who clocked in at 35 min. 45 sec. 1931 China Press (Shanghai) 26 May 3/4 Taylor..ran a good race in the 1500 meters and was clocked in at 4 minutes, 50 seconds. 1981 Washington Post 29 Nov. g5/4 Most of the 12 songs clock in at three minutes or less. 1987 InfoWorld 14 Sept. 66/5 At 8 MHz..the InfoWorld benchmarks clocked it in at 1.68 times as fast as a standard IBM PC. 1992 Etc Montréal No. 20. 50/2 Fathers and Crows clocks in at 989 pages, including six glossaries, notes on sources, and an exhaustive chronology. 2007 Guardian 16 June (Guide Suppl.) 10/2 Clocking in at a rather impressive 6ft 5in, Butler—a former varsity basketball player—is, as they say, ‘games’. < as lemmas |
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