- [countable] (abbreviation hr, hr.)
60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into 小時 I spent an hour on the phone. 我花了一個小時打電話。 It will take about an hour to get there. 到那裏大約需要一小時。 It usually takes me two hours to walk there. 我通常花兩個小時走到那裏。 The interview lasted half an hour. 會見持續了半小時。 It was a three-hour exam. 那是三小時的考試。 Most cats sleep 13–16 hours a day. 大多數貓每天睡13-16個小時。 Architects can expect to spend 40 hours a week in meetings. 建築師預計每周要花40個小時開會。 - for an hour
I waited for a couple of hours and then I left. 我等了幾個小時，然後就離開了。 - in an hour
He'll be back in an hour. 他一小時後回來。 In less than twenty-four hours it would be Christmas. 不到24小時就是聖誕節了。 - by the hour
We're paid by the hour. 我們是論小時獲得報酬的。 - per/an hour
Top speed is 120 miles per hour. 最高時速爲 120 英裏。 The rate of pay is £10.50 an hour. 時薪爲 8.5 英鎊。 - within the hour
We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). 我們希望一小時内到達那裏。 York was within an hour's drive. 開車到約克不會超過一小時。 He crossed the line in a time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. 他在2小時40分鐘的時間内越過了警戒線。 Chicago is two hours away (= it takes two hours to get there). 到芝加哥需要兩小時。 We're four hours ahead of New York (= referring to the time difference). 我們比紐約早四個小時。 I sat there, hour after hour, staring at a blank computer screen. 我坐在那裏，一小時又一小時，盯着空白的電腦屏幕。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1He's been gone for over an hour. 他已經走了一個多小時了。 I should be back within a couple of hours. 兩三個小時之内我就會回來。 I sat there for two hours. 我在那裏坐了兩個小時。 I slept for eight solid hours. 我睡了整整八個小時。 It takes two hours to get to London. 去倫敦要花兩個小時。 She grew more worried with every passing hour. 時間一小時一小時地過去，她越來越擔心。 She worked for three hours. 她工作了三個小時。 The performance lasted three hours. 演出歷時三個小時。 There are still two hours of daylight left. 白天的時間還剩下兩個小時。 You gain five hours when you fly from New York to London. 乘飛機從紐約到倫敦時間會多出五個小時來。 an hour of rest 休息時間
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 約一小時的時間 I spent my lunch hour shopping. 我利用午餐時間買東西。
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、辦公等的）固定時間 Opening hours are from 10 to 6 each day. 營業時間爲每天 10 點到 6 點。 Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours. 多數從事這種工作的人往往工作時間很長。 - during office, business, etc. hours
The library is open during normal working hours. 圖書館在正常工作時間開放。 What are your office hours? 你的辦公時間是幾點到幾點？ a hospital’s visiting hours 醫院的探視時間 Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open) used to be very restricted. 英國的酒吧營業時間從前受到很嚴格的限制。 - after hours
This is the only place to get a drink after hours (= after the normal closing time for pubs). 這是酒吧正常關門時間之後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). 下班後你可以打這個號碼和我聯系。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea2Doctors often have to work out of hours. 醫生經常要在正常上班以外的時間工作。 He keeps regular hours. 他的作息時間很有規律。 He spends a lot of time in his office after hours. 下班後他還要在辦公室裏待很長時間。 Bakers have to work unsocial hours. 面包師不得不在非正常工作時間工作。 She works very long hours. 她上班的時間很長。 the number of contact hours (= working hours spent with students or clients, not working alone) per week 每周的面授課時數 The office is closed between the hours of twelve and two. 辦事處十二點到兩點之間關門。 the hours of darkness 黑暗的時刻
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- office
- opening
- visiting
- …
- work
- keep
- after hour
- out of hour
- hours[plural]
a long time 長時間 It took hours getting there. 花了好長時間才到那裏。 It took us hours to find out what was wrong. 我們花了幾個小時才發現出了什麽問題。 ‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh, hours and hours.’ “持續了多久？” “噢，很久很久。” Where have you been? I've been waiting hours. 你去哪兒了？我已經等了幾個小時了。 - for hours
I've been waiting for hours. 我等了很久了。
- [singular]
a particular point in time 某個時間 You can't turn him away at this hour of the night. 天這麽晚了，你不能把他趕走。 The hour had come for us to leave. 我們離開的時間到了。
- [countable, usually singular]
the time when something important happens 重要時刻 This was often thought of as the country's finest hour. 一般認爲這是該國最美好的一段時光。 She thought her last hour had come. 她以爲她生命的最後時刻到了。 Don't desert me in my hour of need. 不要在我困難的時候離開我。 She helped me in my hour of need. 她在我困難的時候幫助過我。
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. 整點 The clock struck the hour. 鐘敲過整點了。 ten minutes past the hour 整點過十分 - on the hour
There's a bus every hour on the hour 每小時整點有一班公共汽車。
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 小時制給出的時間，通常用於軍事或其他官方用語）點鐘 The first missile was launched at 2300 hours (= at 11 p.m.). 首枚導彈是在 23 點（晚上 11 點）發射的。 這要讀作 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 在最後時刻；剛好來得及
at an unearthly hour
at an ungodly hour
- (informal)
very early or very late and therefore annoying 一大早（或很晚）；在十分不便的時間 I apologize for calling you at this ungodly hour. 原諒我這種時候給你打電話。
the evil hour/day
- (often humorous)
the time when you have to do something difficult or unpleasant 倒黴的時候（或日子、時刻） I’d better go and see the dentist—I can’t put off the evil hour any longer. 我最好還是去看看牙醫吧─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. 如果你繼續借錢，你只是在推遲你必須償還的邪惡的一天。
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）時間有規律（或怪異等）
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 午夜剛過的一段時間；淩晨時分 We worked well into the small hours. 我們一直工作到了午夜之後。 The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning. 戰鬥在星期六淩晨打響了。 The party continued well into the early hours. 聚會一直持續到第二天淩晨。