英语词汇“to tell the clock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. to tell the clock: (a) to count the hours as shown by a clock; to tell the time; †(b) to pass the time idly (cf. tell-clock n. at tell- comb. form 1) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)]

emptyeOE

to tell the clock1527

idle1668

to kick one's heels1703

twirl1777

gammer1788

to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846

to make (also do) kef1852

goof1932

doss1937

to sit on one's hands1939

to bugger about ——1946

to spin one's wheels1960

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. b.iii^v/2 Than make fyre vnder it that it may droppe treatably as yf you wolde tell the clock [Ger. du zalen bist wie die glock].

1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 597 Emperours..sate by the Bishops and held their peace, and told the clocke.

?1623 O. Felltham Resolues 215 Like a condemned man, that knowes the date of his dayes, hee lyes telling the clocke, and counting the houre.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 227 [An] Old Dul Sot; wh'had told the Clock, For many years, at Bridewel-Dock.

1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 14 They are fit for nothing, unless it be to tell the Clock [1586 count the clock], which they always think goes too slowly.

1752 Masquerade No. 1. 141 The joyful father, the deluded lady, and her blithful bridesmaids, all were ready, they told the clock impatiently, no bridegroom came.

1818 S. Woodworth Poems 166 Patrons, how anxious have you told the clock, Waiting impatient for your carrier's knock!

1899 E. Nesbit Treasure Seekers i. 9 H. O. is eight years old, but he cannot tell the clock yet. Oswald could tell the clock when he was six.

1927 M. McMillan Life R. McMillan 103 She loved every instrument that measures space or time; an instinct that..induced her to teach all the children to tell the clock early.

1939 G. Baldry Rabbit Skin Cap iii. 59 Mother tells me to content myself else she'd soon square me up, and starts to try and teach me to tell the clock.

2018 Eastbourne Herald (Nexis) 22 Oct. What excites me is that you will be able to tell the clock from all four angles.

单词	to tell the clock
释义	> as lemmas to tell the clock P7. to tell the clock: (a) to count the hours as shown by a clock; to tell the time; †(b) to pass the time idly (cf. tell-clock n. at tell- comb. form 1) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. b.iii^v/2 Than make fyre vnder it that it may droppe treatably as yf you wolde tell the clock [Ger. du zalen bist wie die glock]. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 597 Emperours..sate by the Bishops and held their peace, and told the clocke. ?1623 O. Felltham Resolues 215 Like a condemned man, that knowes the date of his dayes, hee lyes telling the clocke, and counting the houre. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 227 [An] Old Dul Sot; wh'had told the Clock, For many years, at Bridewel-Dock. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 14 They are fit for nothing, unless it be to tell the Clock [1586 count the clock], which they always think goes too slowly. 1752 Masquerade No. 1. 141 The joyful father, the deluded lady, and her blithful bridesmaids, all were ready, they told the clock impatiently, no bridegroom came. 1818 S. Woodworth Poems 166 Patrons, how anxious have you told the clock, Waiting impatient for your carrier's knock! 1899 E. Nesbit Treasure Seekers i. 9 H. O. is eight years old, but he cannot tell the clock yet. Oswald could tell the clock when he was six. 1927 M. McMillan Life R. McMillan 103 She loved every instrument that measures space or time; an instinct that..induced her to teach all the children to tell the clock early. 1939 G. Baldry Rabbit Skin Cap iii. 59 Mother tells me to content myself else she'd soon square me up, and starts to try and teach me to tell the clock. 2018 Eastbourne Herald (Nexis) 22 Oct. What excites me is that you will be able to tell the clock from all four angles. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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