1 an instrument that shows you what time it is 时钟:
an alarm clock闹钟a church clock教堂的钟☞Look at watch. 参看watch。
2 an instrument in a car that measures how far it has travelled (汽车的)里程计,里程表:
My car has only got 10000 miles on the clock.我汽车上的里程表显示只走了10000英里。
against the clock if you do sth against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a certain time (为如期完成任务)争分夺秒:
It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished on time.为了让大楼工程如期完成而与时间赛跑。around/round the clock all day and all night 日夜不停;夜以继日:
They are working round the clock to repair the bridge.他们正日夜抢修这座桥梁。put the clock/clocks forward/back to change the time, usually by one hour, at the beginning/end of summer (在夏季开始或结束的时候)把钟拨快或拨慢(通常为一小时)
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/klɒk ||; klɑk/verbclock in/on; clock off to record the time that you arrive at or leave work, especially by putting a card into a type of clock 记录上下班时间(尤指把记录卡放入记时计);打卡
clock sth up to achieve a certain number or total 达到(某一数目):
Our car clocked up over 2000 miles while we were on holiday.我们度假的时候开车跑了2000多英里。
clock1/klɑk; klɒk/n 1 [C] an instrument that shows the time. Clocks are fixed on a wall or kept in a room(时)钟: What time does that clock say ? 那个钟上显示是几点?set a clock (=adjust a clock so that it shows the correct time) 设定时钟Mary set her alarm clock for 7.00 a.m. 玛丽把闹钟设定在早上 7 点。The clock had stopped . 钟停了。the clock is slow/fast (=is showing an earlier or a later time than it should) 钟慢了/快了the ticking of the clock (=the sound it makes)钟的嘀嗒声by the church/bedside/kitchen etc clock (=according to a particular clock) 根据教堂/床边/厨房等的钟 It was 5.30 am by the kitchen clock. 厨房里的钟是早上五点半。The church clock struck three (=rang three times, to show that it was three o’clock). 教堂的钟敲了三下。put the clocks forward/back BrE (=change the time shown on a clock by one hour. In Britain, people have to do this twice a year.)【英】把钟拨快/拨回(一小时)2 around the clock, round the clockBrE all day and all night without stopping【英】日夜不停地﹐夜以继日地: Rescue teams worked around the clock . 搜救队夜以继日地工作。3 against the clock if you do something against the clock, you do it as fast as possible, because you do not have much time 抢时间﹐分秒必争4 turn/put the clock back to make a situation the same as it was in the past 倒退﹐开倒车: It's feared the new law will turn the clock back 50 years. 人们担心这条新法律会使情况倒退 50 年。5 [C] an instrument in a vehicle that tells you how far it has travelled or how fast it is going〔汽车的〕行车里程计﹔车速表O’CLOCK
clock2v [T] 1 to measure the speed at which someone or something is moving 测…的速度: The police clocked him at 160 kilometres an hour. 警方测出他的时速为 160 公里。 2 to cover a distance or reach a speed in a particular time 以…的速度行进﹔达到〔某速度〕: Karen won the race, clocking 49.2 seconds. 卡伦跑出 49.2 秒的成绩﹐赢得了比赛。clock up sthphr v to reach a number or amount 达到〔某个数字或数量〕: We clocked up 125,000 miles on our old car. 我们的旧车跑了 125,000 英里。
clockclockclocksclockedclockingnouna thing that shows you what time it is: an alarm clockword buildingA small clock that you wear on your wrist is called a watch. You say that a clock or watch is fast if it shows a time that is later than the real time. You say that it is slow if it shows a time that is earlier than the real time.