clock

US [klɑk]
UK [klɒk]
Plural Form：clocks  Present Participle：clocking  Past Tense：clocked  

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Clock
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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
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。
The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.
新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。
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
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
The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.
新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 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
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I wake up in the morning to the sound of an alarm clock, and as I reach over to turn it off, I essentially press play to start my day.
清晨被闹钟声吵醒，我伸出手去把它关掉，也就是按下了今天的“播放”键。
qīng chén bèi nào zhōng shēng chǎo xǐng , wǒ shēn chū shǒu qù bǎ tā guān diào , yě jiù shì àn xià le jīn tiān de " bō fàng " jiàn 。
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That is how he looked at one o'clock, when he walked out of the bathroom as if he had just awakened from a restorative sleep.
当一点钟，他走出浴室的时候，就是这个样子，好像刚刚睡了好觉。
dāng yī diǎn zhōng , tā zǒu chū yù shì de shí hou , jiù shì zhè ge yàng zǐ , hǎo xiàng gāng gāng shuì le hǎo jué 。
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One cause of bit slippage is overflow of a receive buffer that occurs when the transmitter's clock rate exceeds that of the receiver.
比特损失的一个原因是当发送机的时钟速率超过接收机的时钟速率时，出现了接收缓冲器的数据溢出。
bǐ tè sǔn shī de yī gè yuán yīn shì dāng fā sòng jī de shí zhōng sù lǜ chāo guò jiē shōu jī de shí zhōng sù lǜ shí , chū xiàn le jiē shōu huǎn chōng qì de shù jù yì chū 。
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Professor Hinkle made it a practice to start class every morning promptly at nine o'clock on the dot.
欣克尔教授习惯于每天早上九点正开始上课。
xīn kè ěr jiào shòu xí guàn yú měi tiān zǎo shang jiǔ diǎn zhèng kāi shǐ shàng kè 。
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'Then I think I shall go to bed, for it is past twelve o'clock; but you may call me if you want anything in the night.
那我去睡了，已经过了十二点啦，不过要是夜里需要什么，你尽管叫我。
nà wǒ qù shuì le , yǐ jīng guò le shí èr diǎn la , bú guò yào shi yè lǐ xū yào shén me , nǐ jǐn guǎn jiào wǒ 。
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When I think would be perfectly good because If I have been trying to ring BT at two o'clock in the morning, yes it may have taken hours.
当我想这可能很好，因为，如果我试图给BT在凌晨两点打电话，是的，这可能会花几个小时。
dāng wǒ xiǎng zhè kě néng hěn hǎo , yīn wèi , rú guǒ wǒ shì tú gěi BT zài líng chén liǎng diǎn dǎ diàn huà , shì de , zhè kě néng huì huā jǐ gè xiǎo shí 。
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Though I was unhappy, it was time to get up. When I prepared to brush teeth, I suddenly found that the clock run slow and I would be late.
虽然很不高兴，但是应该是起床的时间了，当我正准备刷牙时，突然发现，闹钟走的慢了，我就要迟到了。
suī rán hěn bù gāo xìng , dàn shì yīng gāi shì qǐ chuáng de shí jiān le , dāng wǒ zhèng zhǔn bèi shuā yá shí , tū rán fā xiàn , nào zhōng zǒu de màn le , wǒ jiù yào chí dào le 。
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More than 500 firefighters were working around the clock to contain the blaze, but it continued to grow.
500多名消防队员日以继夜的工作来控制火势，但是，火仍是越演越烈。
wǔ bǎi duō míng xiāo fáng duì yún rì yǐ jì yè de gōng zuò lái kòng zhì huǒ shì , dàn shì , huǒ réng shì yuè yǎn yuè liè 。
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I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the door in the old clock and used the key to wind it up.
这是怎么办到的？我看着我的祖父从口袋里拿了钥匙，打开门旧钟和使用关键发条罢了。
zhè shì zěn me bàn dào de ? wǒ kàn zhe wǒ de zǔ fù cóng kǒu dài lǐ ná le yào shi , dǎ kāi mén jiù zhōng hé shǐ yòng guān jiàn fā tiáo bà le 。
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Countdowns are an integral part of the theatre, even though the clock seems to spend as much time stopped as it does ticking towards zero.
倒计时是电影院不可或缺的一部分，即使时钟要花费同指针滴答滴答趋向零相同的时间就会停止。
dǎo jì shí shì diàn yǐng yuàn bù kě huò quē de yí bù fen , jí shǐ shí zhōng yào huā fèi tóng zhǐ zhēn dī dā dī dā qū xiàng líng xiāng tóng de shí jiān jiù huì tíng zhǐ 。
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