clock
clock
英[klɒk]美[klɑːk]
n.（时）钟，里程表；
v.达到（某时间或速度） ，为…计时/测速，注意到；
复数：clocks;
第三人称单数：clocks;
过去式：clocked;
过去分词：clocked;
现在分词：clocking;
例句
The boy was kept in until 6 o'clock.这小孩被留校, 一直到六点。
It took us two hours to complete the calculation, so we logged off at 4 o'clock.我们花了两个小时才完成计算, 因而是在四点结束工作的。
I'm sorry I'm late; I slept through the clock this morning.对不起我迟到了, 今早我睡得太沉, 没听见闹钟响。
People who do very important jobs sometimes have to work around the clock.有重要工作的人, 有时必须夜以继日地工作。
We are working all round the clock to finish this dictionary!我们在为完成这本词典而昼夜不停地工作着!
He studied round the clock for his history exam.他夜以继日地学习, 应付历史考试。
Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life.外科医生们正在日夜工作以抢救他的生命。
We worked round the clock to finish the job.我们为了完成工作, 而夜以继日地工作。
Television closed down for the night after eleven o'clock.晚上11点过后, 电视台停止播放节目。
The hands of the clock pointed to half past eight.It was time we put our children to bed.钟的指针指在八点半上, 我们该让孩子们上床睡觉了。
英语六级真题
We've held on to this workday structure – but thanks to our digital devices, many employees never really clock out.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It's important to note that the increased flexibility didn't encourage them to work around the clock.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Few of us wish to turn the clock back, but perhaps we need to remind ourselves how useful the right obstacles can be.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文It's important to note that the increased flexibility didn't encourage them to work around the clock.
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BWe've held on to this workday structure – but thanks to our digital devices, many employees never really clock out.
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
钟;时钟
A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is.
例句
He was conscious of a clock ticking...他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。He also repairs clocks and watches...他也修钟表。N-COUNT
考勤钟;上下班计时钟
A time clock in a factory or office is a device that is used to record the hours that people work. Each worker puts a special card into the device when they arrive and leave, and the times are recorded on the card.
例句
Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.公务员早、中、晚都要打卡。N-COUNT
(汽车的)车速表，里程表
In a car, the clock is the instrument that shows the speed of the car or the distance it has travelled.
例句
The car had 160,000 miles on the clock...里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里.At 240 mph the needle went off the clock.车速达到每小时240英里时,里程表上的指针显示超出了*高时速。VERB
达到(特定的时间或速度)
To clock a particular time or speed in a race means to reach that time or speed.
例句
Elliott clocked the fastest time this year for the 800 metres...埃利奥特跑出了今年800米的*快速度The yacht swayed in 40-knot winds, clocking speeds of 17 knots at times.游艇在风速为40节的大风中摇摆前行，有时航速能达到17节。VERB
为…计时;为…测速
If something or someone is clocked at a particular time or speed, their time or speed is measured at that level.
例句
He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres...他100米跑了11秒。170-mile-an-hour winds were clocked on a mountaintop in North Carolina.在北卡罗来纳州一处山顶测得的风速为每小时170英里。VERB
注意到;看到
If you clock something, you notice or see it.
例句
If there was any scandal in that company, you can be sure that Bobby will have clocked it.那家公司有任何丑闻，博比肯定会知道。PHRASE
与时间赛跑;争分夺秒
If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
例句
The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise...开始涨潮了，紧急救援机构正在争分夺秒地工作。It's now become a race against the clock.从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。PHRASE
提前完成任务
If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
PHRASE
不分昼夜;日夜不停
If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping.
例句
Rescue services have been working round the clock to free stranded motorists...救援部门一直在日夜不停地工作，解救被困司机。We can't afford to give you around-the-clock protection.我们没有能力对你提供24小时的保护。PHRASE
倒退;回到以前
If you want to turn the clock back or put the clock back, you want to return to a situation that used to exist, usually because the present situation is unpleasant.
例句
In some ways we wish we could turn the clock back...在某些方面，我们希望能回到以前。We cannot put back the clock.我们无法让时光倒流。PHRASE
(通常指因不耐烦而)不断看时间，老是看钟表
If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
例句
I started to watch the clock about halfway through the class.课大约上了一半，我就开始不停地看时间。英汉词典释义
n.
钟, 座钟, 挂钟
He heard the regular noise of the clock.他听到时钟规律的滴答声。vt.
达到（某时间或速度）
测…的速度
注意到；认出
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a timepiece that shows the time of day
Verb
1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time;
"he clocked the runners"行业词典
体育： 记录钟,以时间完成记时；
医学： 钟,测量时间的装置；
电力： 顺时针方向旋转, clock-wise rotation；
