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

单词	hour
释义	hour hour /aʊə^r/ aep /aʊr/ noun 1 A1 [C] a period of 60 minutes: » The exam lasted an hour and a half.» There are 24 hours in a day.» How many hours' sleep do you need?» I'll be back in an hour's/two hours' time (= after one/two hours).» The village is an hour from Doncaster/an hour away (= it takes an hour to travel there).» He gets paid by the hour (= gets a particular amount of money for each hour he works).» Trains leave every hour on the hour (= at exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).» Buses leave at ten minutes past/to the hour (= at ten past/to one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).» War was declared at eighteen hundred/18.00 hours (= at six o'clock in the evening).Thesaurus⁺: ↑Specific periods of time 2 F0 [C usually plural] the period of time when a particular activity happens or when a shop or public building is open: » I did it in my lunch hour.» office/working hours» Our opening hours are from 8.00 to 6.00.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Days and times of day 3 C2 [C] a particular time during the day or night: » Who could be phoning us at this unearthly/ungodly hour (= so late at night)?» He returned in the early/small hours (= at night, after midnight).Thesaurus⁺: ↑Points in time work long, regular, unsocial, etc. hours 4 F0 used to describe how many hours in the day you work or what part of the day you work: » She's a nurse so she often works unsocial hours.» He's paid well but he works long hours.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Working hours and periods of work , ↑Work, working and the workplace for hours (and hours) B1 _INFORMAL 5 F0 for a very long time: » I waited for him for hours.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Continue and last at all hours (of the day and night) C1 _DISAPPROVING 6 F0 repeatedly during the day and the night: » They keep ringing me up at all hours (of the day and night).Thesaurus⁺: ↑Continually and repeatedly • • • Extra Examples:» She walks the dog for an hour every afternoon.» The trip from York to Newcastle takes about an hour by train.» We had to queue for three hours to get in.» All the new toys kept the kids occupied for hours.» As a teacher you could expect to be paid anywhere between £7 and £15 per hour.
随便看	play fast and loose with sth/sb play footsie play for time playful playfully playfulness play games play God play gooseberry playground playgroup play hardball play hard to get play hell with sth play hooky playhouse playing card playing field play it by ear play it cool play (it) safe play it safe play itself out playlist playmate

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