| 单词 | hour |
| 释义 | hourhour /aʊɚ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 160 MINUTES a period of 60 minutes or 1/24th of a day: They left about four hours ago. I study for two hours every night. You can come back for us in an hour (=an hour from now). The test will take about three hours. Tickets for the concerts sold out within hours of going on sale.per/an hour A lot of attorneys charge about $175 an hour. a top speed of 120 miles per hour2DISTANCE the distance you can travel in an hour: Our house is an hour’s walk from my sister’s. We’re still about three hours from Amarillo. It’s only about an hour’s drive from here.3TIME OF DAY a particular period or point of time during the day or night: We serve meals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We danced until the small hours (=between midnight and 2 or 3 o’clock) of the morning. Sir, I’m sorry to bother you at this hour (=very late at night or early in the morning). My wife got me out of bed at some ungodly hour to go antique shopping. I was getting calls at all hours. He was out till all hours (=until an unreasonably late time) last night.keep late/regular etc. hours (=go to bed and get up at late, regular, etc. times) → see also waking hours/life/day etc. at waking4BUSINESS/ACTIVITY [usually plural] a fixed period of time in the day when a particular activity, business, etc. happens: office/opening/business hours (=when an office, store, etc. is open) Nicole goes biking during her lunch hour. Our telephone hotline is open during regular business hours. You can come back tomorrow during visiting hours (=when you can visit someone in a hospital). After hours (=after an office, store, etc. is closed), callers can leave a voice mail message.5WORK hours [plural] the time that you spend doing your job: The job is part-time, and I don’t get many hours.put in/work long hours We’ve all been putting in long hours lately.6LONG TIME hours [plural] informal a long time or a time that seems long: I’ve been trying to call you for hours. I could spend hours and hours (=a very long time) telling you all the stories.7O'CLOCK the time of the day when a new hour starts, for example one o’clock, two o’clock, etc.: There are news bulletins on the hour. Carriage tours of the town depart every hour on the hour (=every hour at nine o’clock, ten o’clock, etc.).10/20/25 etc. minutes before/after the hour It’s 12 minutes before the hour, and you’re listening to Morning Edition on NPR.strike/sound the hour (=if a clock strikes or sounds the hour, it rings to show that it is one o’clock, seven o’clock, etc.)8IMPORTANT MOMENT an important moment or period in history or in your life: It was his finest hour as coach of the Detroit Lions. New hope had come to the villagers in their darkest hour. He helped others in their hour of need.9by the hour (also from hour to hour) if a situation is changing by the hour or from hour to hour, it is changing very quickly and very often: The number of casualties is mounting by the hour.10the something of the hour something that is very popular or famous at the present time: World security is the question of the hour (=the problem being dealt with at a particular time). Williams is tonight’s man of the hour.111300/1530/1805 hours used to give the time in official or military reports and orders, and in some airports, train stations, etc. The system is based on numbering the hours from 01:00 (1 a.m.) to 24:00 (12 midnight).[Origin: 1100–1200 Old French heure, from Latin hora, from Greek] → see also at the eleventh hour at eleventh1 (2), happy hour, hourly, rush hour, zero hour |
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