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clock

noun
 
/klɒk/
/klɑːk/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [countable] an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room, on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch)时钟；钟
    • The clock struck twelve/midnight.时钟已敲响十二点／午夜十二点。
    • The clock is fast/slow (= showing a time later/earlier than the true time).这钟走得快了／慢了。
    • The clock has stopped.钟停了。
    • The clock is right/wrong.时钟是对的/错的。
    • My clock said 9.02.我的时钟显示9.02。
    • by a clock It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.厨房的钟六点十分了。
    • the clock face (= the front part of a clock with the numbers on)钟面
    • The hands of the clock crept slowly around.钟的时针在缓慢地走着。
    • The sound of a clock ticking somewhere in the house kept him awake.房子里某个地方的时钟滴答的声音让他无法入睡。
    • Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall.埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。
    • on a clock She checked the time on the clock.她查看了时钟上的时间。
    see also 24-hour clock, alarm clock, atomic clock, biological clock, body clock, carriage clock, cuckoo clock, grandfather clock, grandmother clock, o’clock, time clock, water clockTopics Engineeringa1
    Extra Examples
    • Her clock told her it was time to get up.她的时钟告诉她该起床了。
    • His countdown clock reads forty seconds.他的倒计时器显示还剩下 40 秒。
    • It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock.厨房的钟 10 点了。
    • Pressing the 'Yes‘ or 'No‘ response button stops the clock.按“是” 或“否”键使钟停止。
    • Pressing the buzzer stops the clock.按下蜂鸣器停止计时。
    • That clock's fast.那钟快。
    • The clock on the mantelpiece said twelve o'clock.壁炉台上的钟报12 点了。
    • The clock struck the hour.钟敲过整点了。
    • This clock doesn't keep time.这钟不准。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • accurate
    • 12-hour
    • 24-hour
    • …
    verb + clock
    • reset
    • set
    • wind
    • …
    clock + verb
    • beep
    • buzz
    • chime (something)
    • …
    clock + noun
    • face
    • tower
    • radio
    • …
    preposition
    • against the clock
    • around the clock
    • round the clock
    • …
    phrases
    • the dial of a clock
    • the face of a clock
    • the hands of a clock
    • …
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  2. the clock
     [singular] (informal) the milometer in a vehicle (= an instrument that measures the number of miles the vehicle has travelled)非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊
    • on the clock a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’.
Idioms
against the clock
  1. if you do something against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time抢时间；争分夺秒
    • It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.为了及时完成建筑工作，我们在争分夺秒。
    • to work against the clock争分夺秒地工作
around/round the clock
  1. all day and all night without stopping日夜不停；夜以继日
    • Staff have been working around the clock to resolve the problems.工作人员一直在夜以继日地工作来解决这些问题。
beat the clock
  1. to finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time提前完成任务（或跑到终点等）
    • The player beat the clock and set a new record.这位选手提前到达终点，创下了一项新纪录。
clean somebody's clock (North American English, informal)
  1. to beat somebody at something测…的速度
    • She really cleaned his clock in that debate.在那场辩论中，她真的赢了他。
  2. to physically attack someone达到（某时间或速度）
    • Rosario delivered a blow that cleaned his clock, leaving him disabled.罗萨里奥给了他一拳，清洗了他的时钟，让他残废了。
the clock is ticking (down)
  1. used to say that there's not much time left before something happens 时钟：过去常说时间不多了
    • The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve.新年前夕，时钟滴答滴答地指向午夜。
    • The clock is ticking for one mystery lottery winner who has less than 24 hours to claim a £64 million prize.对于一名神秘彩票中奖者来说，时间不到24小时就能获得6400万英镑的奖金。
the clocks go forward/back
  1. the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer（夏时制）时钟被拨快／拨回
    • The clocks go back tonight.今天晚上把钟往回拨。
put/turn the clock back
  1. to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age倒退；复旧；怀旧
    • I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance.我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。
    • Let's turn back the clock to the last decade.让我们把时间拨回到上一个 10 年。
  2. (disapproving) to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas开倒车
    • The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。
put the clocks forward/back (British English)
(North American English set/move the clocks ahead/back)
  1. to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer（夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快／拨回（一般为一个小时）
    • Remember to put your clocks back tonight.记住今天晚上把钟拨回（一小时）。
a race against time/the clock
  1. a situation in which you have to do something or finish something very fast before it is too late和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒
    • Getting food to the starving refugees is now a race against time.给饥饿的难民送食物现在是与时间赛跑。
run down/out the clock
  1. if a sports team tries to run down/out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring消耗掉剩余的比赛时间（比赛接近结束时，球队不想进球而只设法控制住球，以阻止对方进球得分） compare time-wasting
stop the clock
  1. to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit（在计时比赛或活动中）停表
watch the clock
  1. (disapproving) to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作）
    • employees who are always watching the clock总是在不停地看表等着下班的员工
    see also clock-watcher

clock

verb
/klɒk/
/klɑːk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they clock
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/klɑːk/
he / she / it clocks
/klɒks/
/klɑːks/
past simple clocked
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past participle clocked
/klɒkt/
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-ing form clocking
/ˈklɒkɪŋ/
/ˈklɑːkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. clock something to reach a particular time or speed达到（某时间或速度）
    • He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres final.他 100 米决赛跑出了 10.09 秒的速度。
  2. to measure the speed at which somebody/something is travelling测…的速度
    • clock somebody doing something The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour.警察测出她的车速每小时超过 100 英里。
    • clock somebody/something (at something) Wind gusts at 80 mph were clocked at Rapid City.据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
  3. clock somebody | clock that… | clock what/where, etc… (British English, informal) to notice or recognize somebody注意到；认出
    • I clocked her in the driving mirror.我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。
  4. clock somebody (informal) to hit somebody, especially on the head时钟：打人，尤其是头部
    • He said it again, so I clocked him on the nose!他又说了一遍，我就打他鼻子！
  5. clock something (British English, informal) to illegally reduce the number of miles shown on a vehicle’s milometer (= instrument that measures the number of miles it has travelled) in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’.

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