clock

【发音】

美 /klɑk/ 英 /klɒk/

【翻译】

1. n.钟，仪表

   英释:an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building

【短语】

1. alarm clock : 闹钟

2. around the clock : 日以继夜地，连续一整天

3. clock in : 打卡上班；记录上班时间

4. clock on : 打卡上班

5. digital clock : 数字显示式时钟

6. clock tower : 钟楼；钟塔

7. against the clock : 分秒必争地；用秒表记时

8. round the clock : 连续一整天，昼夜不停；毫不疲倦地

9. biological clock : 生物钟

10. system clock : 系统时钟

11. electronic clock : 电子钟

12. time clock : 打卡钟，出勤记录钟

13. wall clock : 挂钟

14. clock frequency : 时钟频率，时钟脉冲频率

15. internal clock : 生物钟；内时钟；内频

16. clock cycle : 时钟周期

17. turn back the clock : 把钟拨慢

18. real-time clock : 实时时钟

19. turn the clock back : 时光倒转；回到过去；把钟拨慢

20. clock skew : [计]时钟歪斜；时钟脉冲相位差

【例句】

1. I heard the clock strike six (= make six loud sounds ) .

   我听到钟敲了六下。

2. The station clock was ten minutes slow (= showed a time ten minutes earlier than the real time ) .

   车站的钟慢了十分钟。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...and then doing the actual test in class the ticking clock overhead...

2. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time...

3. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control overtheir lives...

4. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...They leave when the clock tells them they're done...

5. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...But chances are it won’t have much impact on the human tendency to resolve to get to the gym more and avoid chocolate cake when the clock strikes midnight on December 31...

6. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...or atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second...

【同、近义词】

1. n.时钟；[仪]计时器

   timer/calculagraph/

2. vt.记录；记时

   register/to record/

【同根词】

1. adj

   clockwise : 顺时针方向的

   clocking : 孵蛋的

2. adv

   clockwise : 顺时针方向地

3. v

   clocking : 为…计时（clock的ing形式）