- [countable] (abbreviation hr, hr.)
60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into 小时 I spent an hour on the phone. 我花了一个小时打电话。 It will take about an hour to get there. 到那里大约需要一小时。 It usually takes me two hours to walk there. 我通常花两个小时走到那里。 The interview lasted half an hour. 会见持续了半小时。 It was a three-hour exam. 那是三小时的考试。 Most cats sleep 13–16 hours a day. 大多数猫每天睡13-16个小时。 Architects can expect to spend 40 hours a week in meetings. 建筑师预计每周要花40个小时开会。 - for an hour
I waited for a couple of hours and then I left. 我等了几个小时，然后就离开了。 - in an hour
He'll be back in an hour. 他一小时后回来。 In less than twenty-four hours it would be Christmas. 不到24小时就是圣诞节了。 - by the hour
We're paid by the hour. 我们是论小时获得报酬的。 - per/an hour
Top speed is 120 miles per hour. 最高时速为 120 英里。 The rate of pay is £10.50 an hour. 时薪为 8.5 英镑。 - within the hour
We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). 我们希望一小时内到达那里。 York was within an hour's drive. 开车到约克不会超过一小时。 He crossed the line in a time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. 他在2小时40分钟的时间内越过了警戒线。 Chicago is two hours away (= it takes two hours to get there). 到芝加哥需要两小时。 We're four hours ahead of New York (= referring to the time difference). 我们比纽约早四个小时。 I sat there, hour after hour, staring at a blank computer screen. 我坐在那里，一小时又一小时，盯着空白的电脑屏幕。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1He's been gone for over an hour. 他已经走了一个多小时了。 I should be back within a couple of hours. 两三个小时之内我就会回来。 I sat there for two hours. 我在那里坐了两个小时。 I slept for eight solid hours. 我睡了整整八个小时。 It takes two hours to get to London. 去伦敦要花两个小时。 She grew more worried with every passing hour. 时间一小时一小时地过去，她越来越担心。 She worked for three hours. 她工作了三个小时。 The performance lasted three hours. 演出历时三个小时。 There are still two hours of daylight left. 白天的时间还剩下两个小时。 You gain five hours when you fly from New York to London. 乘飞机从纽约到伦敦时间会多出五个小时来。 an hour of rest 休息时间
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- solid
- contact
- …
- take
- spend
- waste
- …
- go by
- pass
- by the hour
- for an hour
- in an hour
- …
- half an hour
- hour after hour
- in an hour’s time
- …
- [countable, usually singular]
a period of about an hour, used for a particular purpose 约一小时的时间 I spent my lunch hour shopping. 我利用午餐时间买东西。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lunch
- peak
- rush
- …
- spend
- hour of
- hours[plural]
a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc. （工作、办公等的）固定时间 Opening hours are from 10 to 6 each day. 营业时间为每天 10 点到 6 点。 Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours. 多数从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。 - during office, business, etc. hours
The library is open during normal working hours. 图书馆在正常工作时间开放。 What are your office hours? 你的办公时间是几点到几点？ a hospital’s visiting hours 医院的探视时间 Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open) used to be very restricted. 英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。 - after hours
This is the only place to get a drink after hours (= after the normal closing time for pubs). 这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。 - out of hours
You can contact me on this number out of hours (= when the office is closed). 下班后你可以打这个号码和我联系。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea2Doctors often have to work out of hours. 医生经常要在正常上班以外的时间工作。 He keeps regular hours. 他的作息时间很有规律。 He spends a lot of time in his office after hours. 下班后他还要在办公室里待很长时间。 Bakers have to work unsocial hours. 面包师不得不在非正常工作时间工作。 She works very long hours. 她上班的时间很长。 the number of contact hours (= working hours spent with students or clients, not working alone) per week 每周的面授课时数 The office is closed between the hours of twelve and two. 办事处十二点到两点之间关门。 the hours of darkness 黑暗的时刻
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- office
- opening
- visiting
- …
- work
- keep
- after hour
- out of hour
- hours[plural]
a long time 长时间 It took hours getting there. 花了好长时间才到那里。 It took us hours to find out what was wrong. 我们花了几个小时才发现出了什么问题。 ‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh, hours and hours.’ “持续了多久？” “噢，很久很久。” Where have you been? I've been waiting hours. 你去哪儿了？我已经等了几个小时了。 - for hours
I've been waiting for hours. 我等了很久了。
- [singular]
a particular point in time 某个时间 You can't turn him away at this hour of the night. 天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。 The hour had come for us to leave. 我们离开的时间到了。
- [countable, usually singular]
the time when something important happens 重要时刻 This was often thought of as the country's finest hour. 一般认为这是该国最美好的一段时光。 She thought her last hour had come. 她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。 Don't desert me in my hour of need. 不要在我困难的时候离开我。 She helped me in my hour of need. 她在我困难的时候帮助过我。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- darkest
- finest
- antisocial
- …
- come
- between the hours of
- hour of
- your hour of need
- the hour[singular]
the time when it is exactly 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock, etc. 整点 The clock struck the hour. 钟敲过整点了。 ten minutes past the hour 整点过十分 - on the hour
There's a bus every hour on the hour 每小时整点有一班公共汽车。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + the hour- chime
- strike
- on the hour
- past the hour
- to the hour
- …
- hours[plural]
used when giving the time according to the 24-hour clock, usually in military or other official language （按 24 小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方用语）点钟 The first missile was launched at 2300 hours (= at 11 p.m.). 首枚导弹是在 23 点（晚上 11 点）发射的。 这要读作 23 hundred hours。
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French ure, via Latin from Greek hōra ‘season, hour’.
Idioms
all hours
at the eleventh hour
at the last possible moment; just in time 在最后时刻；刚好来得及
at an unearthly hour
at an ungodly hour
- (informal)
very early or very late and therefore annoying 一大早（或很晚）；在十分不便的时间 I apologize for calling you at this ungodly hour. 原谅我这种时候给你打电话。
the evil hour/day
- (often humorous)
the time when you have to do something difficult or unpleasant 倒霉的时候（或日子、时刻） I’d better go and see the dentist—I can’t put off the evil hour any longer. 我最好还是去看看牙医吧─可不能再拖了。 If you keep on borrowing, you are only postponing the evil day when you have to pay it all back. 如果你继续借钱，你只是在推迟你必须偿还的邪恶的一天。
keep… hours
if you keep regular, strange, etc. hours, the times at which you do things (especially getting up or going to bed) are regular, strange, etc. 做事（尤指作息）时间有规律（或怪异等）
kill time | kill an hour, a couple of hours, etc.
the small/early hours
(also especially Scottish English the wee small hours, especially North American English the wee hours)
the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight 午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分 We worked well into the small hours. 我们一直工作到了午夜之后。 The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning. 战斗在星期六凌晨打响了。 The party continued well into the early hours. 聚会一直持续到第二天凌晨。