clock

noun

1. 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)
   1. a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
      一辆计程器上累计行程为2万英里的二手汽车
2. 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)
   1. a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
      一辆计程器上累计行程为2万英里的二手汽车

verb

1. 达到（某时间或速度）
   to reach a particular time or speed
   1. He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres final.
      他100米决赛跑出了10.09秒的速度。
2. 测…的速度
   to measure the speed at which sb/sth is travelling
   1. The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour.
      警察测出她的车速每小时超过100英里。
   2. Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.
      据测拉皮德城的阵风速度为每小时80英里。
3. 注意到；认出
   to notice or recognize sb
   1. I clocked her in the driving mirror.
      我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。
4. 非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊
   to illegally reduce the number of miles shown on a vehicle's milometer (= instrument that measures the number of miles it has travelled) in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has

1. 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.
   1. He was conscious of a clock ticking...
      他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。
   2. He also repairs clocks and watches...
      他也修钟表。
   3. The hands of the clock on the wall moved with a slight click.
      墙上挂钟的指针走动着，发出轻微的咔嗒声。
   4. ...a digital clock.
      数字时钟
2. 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.
   1. Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.
      公务员早、中、晚都要打卡。
3. 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.
   1. The car had 160,000 miles on the clock...
      里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里.
   2. 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最高时速。
4. 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.
   1. Elliott clocked the fastest time this year for the 800 metres...
      埃利奥特跑出了今年800米的最快速度
   2. 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。
5. 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.
   1. He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres...
      他100米跑了11秒。
   2. 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。
6. VERB 注意到;看到
   If you clock something, you notice or see it.
   1. 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。
7. See also: alarm clock biological clock body clock cuckoo clock grandfather clock o'clock
8. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. It's now become a race against the clock.
      从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。
9. 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.
10. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
11. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. We cannot put back the clock.
       我们无法让时光倒流。
12. 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.
    1. 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。

1. I set my alarm clock for 4.30.
   我把闹钟定在4点半。
2. He was conscious of a clock ticking
   他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。
3. He also repairs clocks and watches
   他也修钟表。
4. The hands of the clock on the wall moved with a slight click.
   墙上挂钟的指针走动着，发出轻微的咔嗒声。
5. Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.
   公务员早、中、晚都要打卡。
6. The car had 160,000 miles on the clock
   里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里.
7. 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最高时速。
8. 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。
9. He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres
   他100米跑了11秒。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. It's now become a race against the clock.
    从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. We cannot put back the clock.
    我们无法让时光倒流。
17. 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。
18. I have to clock in by eight.
    8点钟前我得打卡上班。
19. That clock's an hour fast.
    那个钟快了一个小时。
20. For a few minutes she sat on her bed watching the clock
    她坐在床上盯着时钟看了几分钟。
21. He stole a glance at the clock behind her.
    他偷偷地看了一眼她背后的钟。
22. He invented the first electric clock
    他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
23. You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock
    你只有一个小时来完成这场比赛，所以得铆足劲头争分夺秒。
24. The clock struck nine
    钟敲了9下。
25. Finally, the clock strikes.
    最后，钟敲响了。
26. She checked the wall clock.
    她对了对墙上的钟。
27. This clock is guaranteed for a year.
    这只钟保修一年。
28. The clock's stopped.
    钟停摆了。
29. The main spring of the alarm clock is broken.
    闹钟的簧断了。
30. The clock has stopped.
    钟不走了。

clock in/on

1. （尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡
   to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine
   1. a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
      一辆计程器上累计行程为2万英里的二手汽车

clock out/off

1. （尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡
   to record the time at which you leave work, especially by putting a card into a machine

clock up sth

1. 达到（某一数量）
   to reach a particular amount or number
   1. The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour.
      警察测出她的车速每小时超过100英里。
   2. Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.
      据测拉皮德城的阵风速度为每小时80英里。

n.

against the clock

• 抢时间；争分夺秒
  if you do sth against 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
  1. I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance.
     我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。
• 开倒车
  to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas
  1. The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.
     新的审查法令将倒退到50年前的状态。

run down/out the clock

• 消耗掉剩余的比赛时间（比赛接近结束时，球队只设法控制住球，以阻止对方进球得分）
  if a sports team tries to run 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）把时钟拨快 / 拨回
  the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer

beat the clock

• 提前完成任务（或跑到终点等）
  to finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time

a race against time/the clock

• 和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒
  a situation in which you have to do sth or finish sth very fast before it is too late

stop the clock

• （在计时比赛或活动中）停表
  to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit

watch the clock

• 盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作）
  to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself

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
   1. he clocked the runners

   Synonym:    time