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clock clock ★★★☆☆/klɒ̱k/1[N-COUNT	可数名词]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. He was conscious of a clock ticking...他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。He also repairs clocks and watches...他也修钟表。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。...a digital clock.数字时钟2[N-COUNT	可数名词]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.   [oft n N]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	可数名词](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.   [usu sing]  [mainly BRIT 主英]The car had 160,000 miles on the clock...里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里.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	动词]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.   [V n]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	动词]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.   [be V-ed at amount]  [be V-ed]  [usu passive]He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres...他100米跑了11秒。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	动词]注意到；看到 If you clock something, you notice or see it.   [V n]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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。7See also:alarm clock；biological clock；body clock；cuckoo clock；grandfather clock；o'clock；  8[PHRASE	短语]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.   [PHR after v]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。It's now become a race against the clock.从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。9[PHRASE	短语]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.   [V inflects]10[PHRASE	短语]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.   [PHR with v]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。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	短语]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.   [V inflects]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。We cannot put back the clock.我们无法让时光倒流。12[PHRASE	短语](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.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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。相关词组：clock in clock in at clock off clock on clock out clock up  clock1 nounclock2 verbclockclock1 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]  Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building:  I heard the clock strike six (=make six loud sounds). The station clock was ten minutes slow (=showed a time ten minutes earlier than the real time).by the hall/kitchen/church etc clock (=according to a particular clock) What time is it by the kitchen clock? → watch the clockat watch1(8)2around the clock (also round the clock British English) all day and all night without stopping:  Kim has been working round the clock to finish it in time.3 put/turn the clock back a) (also set the clock back American English) to go back to the way things were done in the past instead of doing things in a modern way – used to show disapproval:  The new employment bill will put the clock back 50 years. b)to return to a good situation that you experienced in the past or to make someone remember such a situation:  The kids are all grown up now and you can’t put the clock back.4put the clock(s) back/forward British English to change the time shown on the clock to one hour earlier or later, when the time officially changes5the clocks go back/forward British English the time changes officially to one hour earlier or later:  The clocks go back in October.6against the clock a)if you work against the clock, you work as quickly as you can because you do not have much time:  Everyone is racing against the clock to get things ready in time. b)if you run, swim etc against the clock, you run or swim a particular distance while your speed is measured7twenty-four hour clock a system for measuring time in which the hours of the day and night have numbers from 0 to 238start/stop the clock to start or stop measuring how much time is left in a game or sport that has a time limit9the clock is ticking used to say that there is not much time left to do something:  The clock is ticking for those who have not yet filled in their tax form.10the clock a)an instrument in a vehicle that measures how far it has travelledon the clock a car with 43,000 miles on the clock b)an instrument in a vehicle that measures the speed at which it is travelling11run out the clock/kill the clock American English if a team runs out the clock at the end of a game, it tries to keep the ball for the rest of the game so that its opponents cannot get any points →biological clock, body clock, dandelion clock, time clockCOLLOCATIONSverbslook/glance at the clock· She looked at the clock. It was eight thirty.the clock says eight/nine etc (=shows a particular time)· The clock said five so I went back to sleep.a clock strikes eight/nine etc (=makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour)· In the distance I heard a church clock strike eleven.a clock ticks (=makes regular quiet sounds that show it is working)· There was no sound in the room apart from a clock ticking.a clock is fast/slow (=shows a later or earlier time than the real time)· There’s no need to hurry – that clock’s fast.a clock stops (=stops working)· My clock had stopped at 6 am so the alarm didn’t work.an alarm clock goes off (=rings at a particular time)· What time do you want the alarm clock to go off tomorrow?set a clock (=make it say the right time)· Don’t forget to set your clocks to summer time.wind (up) a clock (=turn a key to keep it working)· It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up.phrasesthe hands of/on a clock (=the long thin pieces that point at the numbers)· The hands on the clock said ten past two.the face of a clock/the clock face (=the front part that you look at)· I couldn’t see the clock face from where I was sitting.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + clockthe kitchen/sitting-room etc clock· Harry glanced at the kitchen clock and saw that he was late.an alarm clock (=that makes a noise to wake you up)· He forgot to set his alarm clock.a wall clock (=that hangs on a wall)· A loud ticking came from the wall clock.a grandfather clock (=an old-style tall clock that stands on the floor)· Where did you get that beautiful grandfather clock?a digital clock (=that shows the time as numbers that keep changing)· A digital clock at the finish line shows runners their times.a travel/travelling clock (=a small one for taking on journeys)a cuckoo clock (=a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes a sound)a church clock (=one on the outside of a church tower)a carriage clock British English (=a clock inside a glass case with a handle on top)COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘the clock shows five o’clock’. Say  the clock says five o’clock.clock1 nounclock2 verbclockclock2 verb [transitive]  Verb Table Examples word sets Collocations Phrases 1to cover a distance in a particular time, or to reach a particular speed in a race:  Karen won in the 300 metres, clocking 42.9 seconds. the first steam engine to clock 100 miles an hour2to measure or record the time or speed that someone or something is travelling atclock somebody at/doing something The police clocked him doing between 100 and 110 miles per hour.3British English informal to notice someone or something, or to look at them carefully:  Did you clock the bloke by the door?4British English to reduce the number of miles or kilometres shown on the instrument in a car that says how far it has gone, in order to sell the car for more money:  He knew the car had been clocked, but he couldn’t prove it.clock in/on phrasal verb especially British English to record on a special card the time you arrive at or begin work SYN punch in American English:  I clock on at 8:30.clock off phrasal verb British English1 informal to leave work at the end of the day:  What time do you clock off?2to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work:  By 6 p.m. most workers have clocked off.clock out phrasal verb especially British English to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work SYN punch out American Englishclock up something phrasal verb to reach or achieve a particular number or amount:  The Dodgers have clocked up six wins in a row. I clocked up 90,000 miles in my Ford. Councillor Scott has clocked up more than 25 years on the borough council.

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jEPoK/1xFvkT+4I2iOf8EV2pW6whAVbR3YfsP++nNNVlVhUkLSUZDkT0+GQbItNTiJ5tbzm+/psc/3TKxTcq5qwTUBvNvi9+RSj54KtGZi25TgCvyeogMe3tWfh+TG8d             clock              ★                          /        klɒk                ;          NAmE                klɑːk                /                              noun                ,                  verb                            clock      clocks      clocked      clocking                            noun        ★            _clock_comp.jpg      _clock.jpg                    1      ★              [countable        ]                    an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room or on the wall of a building (not worn or carried like a watch)          时钟；钟                            ◆        It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.        厨房的钟六点十分了。                    ◆        The          clock strucktwelve/midnight.                时钟已敲响十二点╱午夜十二点。                    ◆        The          clock is fast/slow.                这钟走得快了╱慢了。                    ◆        The clock has stopped.        钟停了。                    ◆        the          clock face          (= the front part of a clock with the numbers on)                钟面                    ◆        The          hands of the clockcrept slowly around.                钟的时针在缓慢地走着。                    ◆        Ellen heard the loud          ticking of the clockin the hall.                埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。                    ☞see also                                            alarm clock                                      ,                                            biological clock                                      ,                                            body clock                                      ,                                            carriage clock                                      ,                                            cuckoo clock                                      ,                                            grandfather clock                                      ,                                            o'clock                                      ,                                            time clock                                                  2      the clock              [singular        ]            (        informal)            =                                            milometer                                                  ◆        a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock        一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车                    IDIOMS              against the ˈclock                              if you do sth              against the clock,you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time              抢时间；争分夺秒                                                  around/round the ˈclock                              all day and all night without stopping              日夜不停；夜以继日                                                  put the clocks forward/back                  (            BrE)                                (                          NAmE                        set/move the clocks ahead/back            )                                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              （夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快╱拨回（一般为一个小时）                                                  put/turn the ˈclock back                  1                      to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age              倒退；复旧；怀旧                                            ◆            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。                                    2                      (              disapproving)                        to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas              开倒车                                            ◆            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 ˈclock                              (              US)                        if a sports team tries to              run down/out the clockat 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              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）                                            ☞compare                                                            time-wasting                                                             (2                )                                                                the clocks go forward/back                              the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer              （夏时制）时钟被拨快╱拨回                                                  ☞more at                                    beat                                   v.            ,                                    race                                   n.            ,                                    stop                                   v.            ,                                    watch                                   v.                                  verb                    1              clocksth                    to reach a particular time or speed          达到（某时间或速度）                            ◆        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              to measure the speed at which sb/sth is travelling          测…的速度                            clocksb doing sth                    ◆        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。                    clocksb/sth (at sth)                    ◆        Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.        据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。                    3              clocksb            |              clockthat…            |              clockwhat/where, etc…                    (          BrE) (          informal)                to notice or recognize sb          注意到；认出                            ◆        I clocked her in the driving mirror.        我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。                    4              clocksth                    (          BrE) (          informal)                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          非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊                                    PHRASAL VERBS                    ˌclock ˈin/ˈon                  (            BrE)                                (                          NAmE                        ˌpunch ˈin            )                                to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine              （尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡                                                  ˌclock ˈout/ˈoff                  (            BrE)                                (                          NAmE                        ˌpunch ˈout            )                                to record the time at which you leave work, especially by putting a card into a machine              （尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡                                                  ˌclock ˈup sth                              to reach a particular amount or number              达到（某一数量或数目）                                            ◆            On the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles.            这次旅行我们的行程超过了 1 800 英里。                                ◆            He has clocked up more than 25 years on the committee.            他担任委员会的委员已超过 25 年。                                          clock              /        klɒk                ;          NAmE                klɑːk                /             clock[klɒk]clocked, clocking, clocksCET4CET6TEM4考研v154047587917222421370n26511338918394861307320221594NOUN2934416054VERB1091046127Spoken:151729555clocked[1081] clocking[399] clocks[2625]时钟(89%)，计时(6%)，打卡(5%)n.时钟；计时器vt.记录；记时vi.打卡；记录时间n.(Clock)人名；(英)克洛克

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Collins	clock ★★★☆☆ /klɒ̱k/ 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. He was conscious of a clock ticking... 他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。 He also repairs clocks and watches... 他也修钟表。 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。 ...a digital clock. 数字时钟 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [oft n N] 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 可数名词](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. [usu sing] [mainly BRIT 主英] The car had 160,000 miles on the clock... 里程表显示此车已行驶了16万英里. 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 动词]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. [V n] 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 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 动词]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. [be V-ed at amount] [be V-ed] [usu passive] He has been clocked at 11 seconds for 100 metres... 他100米跑了11秒。 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 动词]注意到；看到 If you clock something, you notice or see it. [V n] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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 短语]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. [PHR after v] 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。 It's now become a race against the clock. 从现在开始要跟时间赛跑。 9 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 10 [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR with v] 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。 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 短语]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. [V inflects] 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。 We cannot put back the clock. 我们无法让时光倒流。 12 [PHRASE 短语](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. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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。相关词组： clock in clock in at clock off clock on clock out clock up
Oxford	clock ★ / klɒk ; NAmE klɑːk / noun , verb clock clocks clocked clocking noun ★ _clock_comp.jpg _clock.jpg 1 ★ [countable ] an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room or on the wall of a building (not worn or carried like a watch) 时钟；钟 ◆ It was ten past six by the kitchen clock. 厨房的钟六点十分了。 ◆ The clock strucktwelve/midnight. 时钟已敲响十二点╱午夜十二点。 ◆ The clock is fast/slow. 这钟走得快了╱慢了。 ◆ The clock has stopped. 钟停了。 ◆ the clock face (= the front part of a clock with the numbers on) 钟面 ◆ The hands of the clockcrept slowly around. 钟的时针在缓慢地走着。 ◆ Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clockin the hall. 埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。 ☞see also alarm clock , biological clock , body clock , carriage clock , cuckoo clock , grandfather clock , o'clock , time clock 2 the clock [singular ] ( informal) = milometer ◆ a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock 一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车 IDIOMS against the ˈclock if you do sth against the clock,you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time 抢时间；争分夺秒 around/round the ˈclock all day and all night without stopping 日夜不停；夜以继日 put the clocks forward/back ( BrE) ( NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back ) 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 （夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快╱拨回（一般为一个小时） put/turn the ˈclock back 1 to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age 倒退；复旧；怀旧 ◆ 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。 2 ( disapproving) to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas 开倒车 ◆ 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 ˈclock ( US) if a sports team tries to run down/out the clockat 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 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） ☞compare time-wasting (2 ) the clocks go forward/back the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer （夏时制）时钟被拨快╱拨回 ☞more at beat v. , race n. , stop v. , watch v. verb 1 clocksth to reach a particular time or speed 达到（某时间或速度） ◆ 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 to measure the speed at which sb/sth is travelling 测…的速度 clocksb doing sth ◆ 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。 clocksb/sth (at sth) ◆ Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City. 据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。 3 clocksb \| clockthat… \| clockwhat/where, etc… ( BrE) ( informal) to notice or recognize sb 注意到；认出 ◆ I clocked her in the driving mirror. 我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。 4 clocksth ( BrE) ( informal) 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 非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊 PHRASAL VERBS ˌclock ˈin/ˈon ( BrE) ( NAmE ˌpunch ˈin ) to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡 ˌclock ˈout/ˈoff ( BrE) ( NAmE ˌpunch ˈout ) to record the time at which you leave work, especially by putting a card into a machine （尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡 ˌclock ˈup sth to reach a particular amount or number 达到（某一数量或数目） ◆ On the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles. 这次旅行我们的行程超过了 1 800 英里。 ◆ He has clocked up more than 25 years on the committee. 他担任委员会的委员已超过 25 年。 clock / klɒk ; NAmE klɑːk /
LDC	clock1 noun clock2 verb clockclock1 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building: I heard the clock strike six (=make six loud sounds). The station clock was ten minutes slow (=showed a time ten minutes earlier than the real time).by the hall/kitchen/church etc clock (=according to a particular clock) What time is it by the kitchen clock? → watch the clock at watch1(8) 2around the clock (also round the clock British English) all day and all night without stopping: Kim has been working round the clock to finish it in time.3 put/turn the clock back a) (also set the clock back American English) to go back to the way things were done in the past instead of doing things in a modern way – used to show disapproval: The new employment bill will put the clock back 50 years. b)to return to a good situation that you experienced in the past or to make someone remember such a situation: The kids are all grown up now and you can’t put the clock back.4put the clock(s) back/forward British English to change the time shown on the clock to one hour earlier or later, when the time officially changes5the clocks go back/forward British English the time changes officially to one hour earlier or later: The clocks go back in October.6against the clock a)if you work against the clock, you work as quickly as you can because you do not have much time: Everyone is racing against the clock to get things ready in time. b)if you run, swim etc against the clock, you run or swim a particular distance while your speed is measured7twenty-four hour clock a system for measuring time in which the hours of the day and night have numbers from 0 to 238start/stop the clock to start or stop measuring how much time is left in a game or sport that has a time limit9the clock is ticking used to say that there is not much time left to do something: The clock is ticking for those who have not yet filled in their tax form.10the clock a)an instrument in a vehicle that measures how far it has travelledon the clock a car with 43,000 miles on the clock b)an instrument in a vehicle that measures the speed at which it is travelling11run out the clock/kill the clock American English if a team runs out the clock at the end of a game, it tries to keep the ball for the rest of the game so that its opponents cannot get any points → biological clock , body clock , dandelion clock , time clock COLLOCATIONSverbslook/glance at the clock· She looked at the clock. It was eight thirty.the clock says eight/nine etc (=shows a particular time)· The clock said five so I went back to sleep.a clock strikes eight/nine etc (=makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour)· In the distance I heard a church clock strike eleven.a clock ticks (=makes regular quiet sounds that show it is working)· There was no sound in the room apart from a clock ticking.a clock is fast/slow (=shows a later or earlier time than the real time)· There’s no need to hurry – that clock’s fast.a clock stops (=stops working)· My clock had stopped at 6 am so the alarm didn’t work.an alarm clock goes off (=rings at a particular time)· What time do you want the alarm clock to go off tomorrow?set a clock (=make it say the right time)· Don’t forget to set your clocks to summer time.wind (up) a clock (=turn a key to keep it working)· It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up.phrasesthe hands of/on a clock (=the long thin pieces that point at the numbers)· The hands on the clock said ten past two.the face of a clock/the clock face (=the front part that you look at)· I couldn’t see the clock face from where I was sitting.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + clockthe kitchen/sitting-room etc clock· Harry glanced at the kitchen clock and saw that he was late.an alarm clock (=that makes a noise to wake you up)· He forgot to set his alarm clock.a wall clock (=that hangs on a wall)· A loud ticking came from the wall clock.a grandfather clock (=an old-style tall clock that stands on the floor)· Where did you get that beautiful grandfather clock?a digital clock (=that shows the time as numbers that keep changing)· A digital clock at the finish line shows runners their times.a travel/travelling clock (=a small one for taking on journeys)a cuckoo clock (=a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes a sound)a church clock (=one on the outside of a church tower)a carriage clock British English (=a clock inside a glass case with a handle on top)COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘the clock shows five o’clock’. Say the clock says five o’clock. clock1 noun clock2 verb clockclock2 verb [transitive] Verb Table Examples word sets Collocations Phrases 1to cover a distance in a particular time, or to reach a particular speed in a race: Karen won in the 300 metres, clocking 42.9 seconds. the first steam engine to clock 100 miles an hour2to measure or record the time or speed that someone or something is travelling atclock somebody at/doing something The police clocked him doing between 100 and 110 miles per hour.3British English informal to notice someone or something, or to look at them carefully: Did you clock the bloke by the door?4British English to reduce the number of miles or kilometres shown on the instrument in a car that says how far it has gone, in order to sell the car for more money: He knew the car had been clocked, but he couldn’t prove it.clock in/on phrasal verb especially British English to record on a special card the time you arrive at or begin work SYN punch in American English: I clock on at 8:30.clock off phrasal verb British English1 informal to leave work at the end of the day: What time do you clock off?2to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work: By 6 p.m. most workers have clocked off.clock out phrasal verb especially British English to record on a special card the time you stop or leave work SYN punch out American Englishclock up phrasal verb to reach or achieve a particular number or amount: The Dodgers have clocked up six wins in a row. I clocked up 90,000 miles in my Ford. Councillor Scott has clocked up more than 25 years on the borough council.
WDF	clock [klɒk]clocked, clocking, clocks CET4CET6TEM4考研 v15404 758 79 172 224 213 70 n2651 13389 1839 4861 3073 2022 1594 NOUN2934 416054 VERB10910 46127 Spoken: 151729555 clocked[1081] clocking[399] clocks[2625] 时钟(89%)，计时(6%)，打卡(5%) n.时钟；计时器 vt.记录；记时 vi.打卡；记录时间 n.(Clock)人名；(英)克洛克

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