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

ways of saying what time it is► o'clock

use this when the time is exactly a particular hour: · It's 5 o'clock.· It's exactly 10 o'clock.

► just before/after

also just gone British use this when the time is a little before or after a particular hour: · It's just before 6.· It's just after 10 o'clock.· It's just gone midnight. (=just after)

► to

also of American use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes before a particular hour: · It's ten to six.· It doesn't get dark until about twenty to ten.· It's a quarter of eleven.· Joe, by the ten of eight you're going upstairs and that's only about a half hour from now.

► past

also after American use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes after a particular hour: · It's quarter past four.· It's ten after five.· It's quarter after eight, and Laurie's showing up at nine.· It's half past two.

► it's getting on for

British use this to say that it is almost a particular time, especially when you are guessing what time it might be: · It's getting on for five o'clock.· I should think it's getting on for ten by now.

► bang/dead on

British informal use this to say that it is exactly a particular time: · "What time is it?" "Bang on midnight."· I make it dead on half past by my watch.· We finished bang on eight, and we were back home by nine.

单词	o'clock
释义	o'clocko'clock /əˈklɒk $ əˈklɑːk/ ●●● S1 W3 adverb Word Origin WORD ORIGINo'clock Origin: 1400-1500 of the clock Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It's 5 o'clock. It's exactly 10 o'clock. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorways of saying what time it is► o'clock use this when the time is exactly a particular hour: · It's 5 o'clock.· It's exactly 10 o'clock. ► just before/after also just gone British use this when the time is a little before or after a particular hour: · It's just before 6.· It's just after 10 o'clock.· It's just gone midnight. (=just after) ► to also of American use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes before a particular hour: · It's ten to six.· It doesn't get dark until about twenty to ten.· It's a quarter of eleven.· Joe, by the ten of eight you're going upstairs and that's only about a half hour from now. ► past also after American use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes after a particular hour: · It's quarter past four.· It's ten after five.· It's quarter after eight, and Laurie's showing up at nine.· It's half past two. ► it's getting on for British use this to say that it is almost a particular time, especially when you are guessing what time it might be: · It's getting on for five o'clock.· I should think it's getting on for ten by now. ► bang/dead on British informal use this to say that it is exactly a particular time: · "What time is it?" "Bang on midnight."· I make it dead on half past by my watch.· We finished bang on eight, and we were back home by nine. one o'clock/two o'clock etc one of the times when the clock shows the exact hour as a number from 1 to 12: It’s already 9 o'clock. The meeting is at 10 o'clock. ► Do not use o'clock when mentioning minutes or parts of an hour: ten past nine (NOT ten past nine o'clock) \| half past one (NOT half past one o'clock). Do not use o'clock when writing the time in the form 1.00, 2.00 etc.
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