clock
- IPA[klɒk]
英式
- a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures；time taken as a factor in an activity, especially in competitive sports
- attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed)；achieve (a victory)
verb: clock, 3rd person present: clocks, gerund or present participle: clocking, past tense: clocked, past participle: clocked
noun: clock, plural noun: clocks
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名詞
- 1. a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures the church clock struck four a clock face 同義詞
- ▪ time taken as a factor in an activity, especially in competitive sports this stage is played against the clock
- ▪ informal a measuring device such as a speedometer, taximeter, or milometer a car with over 82,000 miles on the clock 同義詞
- ▪ an electronic device used to initiate and synchronize internal operations.
- 2. British a downy spherical seed head, especially that of a dandelion.
- 3. British informal a person's face I thought I recognized your clock
動詞
- 1. attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed) I clocked nearly nine hours of uninterrupted sleep 同義詞
- ▪ achieve (a victory) she clocked her 39th victory of the season
- ▪ record as attaining a specified time or rate the tower operators clocked a gust at 185 mph
- 2. British informal notice or watch I noticed him clocking her in the mirror 同義詞
- 3. British informal hit (someone), especially on the head someone clocked him for no good reason
- 4. British informal wind back the milometer of (a car) illegally in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has beware of motorists who clock their car before selling it they had sold clocked vehicles
- used to specify the hour when telling the time: the gates will open at eight o'clock
Oxford Dictionary
- a clock with a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure: employees have to punch a time clock
Oxford Dictionary
- excessive eagerness not to work more than one's allotted hours: you won't find any mention of clock-watching in my references
- (of an employee) overly eager not to work more than their allotted hours: clock-watching pencil-pushers
Oxford American Dictionary
- a person's innate sense of time.
Oxford American Dictionary
- used to specify the hour in telling time: the gates will open at eight o'clock
Oxford American Dictionary
- excessive eagerness not to work more than one's allotted hours: you'll not find any mention of clock-watching in my references
- (of an employee) overly keen not to work more than their allotted hours: clock-watching jobsworths
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[kläk]
美式
- a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes ...
- attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed): I clocked nearly nine hours of uninterrupted sleep
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[klɒk]
英式
- an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[kläk]
美式
- an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle.
Oxford American Dictionary
