| 单词 | twelve-hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwelve-hour twelve-hour adj. (a) Scottish (twal-hour) of or pertaining to twelve o'clock (noon); (b) turning once in twelve hours, as a wheel in a clock or watch; (c) consisting of twelve hours, as a working day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > of specific times tenc1386 seven?c1425 twoc1485 six1600 twelve-hour1791 undecimarian1874 undeciman1883 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [adjective] > of parts of clocks twelve-hour1791 remontoiring1803 resilient1859 time delay1938 quartz-locked1977 the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > twelve or twenty-four hours (of day) noctidial1694 twelve-hour1909 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 67 The Sun now frae the twal hour point Had nearly skifftit twa hours yont. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 491 The twelve-hour wheel turns the minute index. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 12 Aug. 6/3 The employers refuse to grant them the twelve-hour day. < as lemmas |
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