clock
- n.时钟
- v.达到(某时间或速度);测…的速度;注意到;认出
- 网络钟表;时脉;时钟信号
复数:clocks 现在分词:clocking 过去式:clocked
clock
1.[c]时钟;钟an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room or on the wall of a building (not worn or carried like a watch)
against the clock
抢时间;争分夺秒if you do sthagainst the clock , you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time
around/round the clock
日夜不停;夜以继日all day and all night without stopping
put the clocks forward/back
(夏时制开始和结束时)把时钟拨快╱拨回(一般为一个小时)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
put/turn the clock back
倒退;复旧;怀旧to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age
run down/out the clock
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)if a sports team tries torun 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
the clocks go forward/back
(夏时制)时钟被拨快╱拨回the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer