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hour hour ★★★★★/a͟ʊ'ə(r)/1[N-COUNT	可数名词]小时 An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours...他们等了约两小时。I only slept about half an hour that night.我那天晚上只睡了大约半个小时。...a twenty-four hour strike...持续24小时的罢工London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.伦敦离这里有1小时路程，当我赶到时，手术已经完成了。2[N-PLURAL	复数名词]长时间 People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time.   [emphasis]Getting there would take hours.去那里要花很长时间。3[N-SING	单数名词]（时钟的）钟点，整点 A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on.   [the N]4[N-SING	单数名词]时间；时刻 You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour .   [with supp]  [LITERARY 文]...the hour of his execution...处决他的时间The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。5[N-COUNT	可数名词]（人一生中的某个）时候，时期 If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling.   [with supp]  [LITERARY 文]He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need.他回忆起她在丈夫困难之时的忠贞奉献。...the darkest hour of my professional life.我职业生涯中最黑暗的时期6[N-PLURAL	复数名词]（每天发生或进行某事的）特定时间，固定时间 You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates.   [with supp]...the hours of darkness...夜晚Phone us on this number during office hours.上班时间打这个电话给我们。...outside prison visiting hours.在探监时间以外7[N-PLURAL	复数名词]（每周的）工作时间 If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. I worked quite irregular hours...我的工作时间相当不固定。The job was easy； the hours were good.这份工作很轻松，工作时间也很合适。8  →see: eleventh hour； →see: lunch hour； →see: rush hour； 9[PHRASE	短语]See also:after-hours；下班后；营业（或办公、学习）时间以后 If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work.   [PHR after v]...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours...钢厂工人下班后去放松一下的当地餐馆Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center.戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。10[PHRASE	短语]在（某一时段的）任何时刻 If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does.   [PHR after v]  [disapproval]She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning.她不希望自己14岁的女儿凌晨才回家。...a neighbour's car alarm going off at all hours of the day and night.邻居的汽车警报器没日没夜响个不停。11[PHRASE	短语]在凌晨；在下半夜 If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight. Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning.吉布斯于昨天凌晨被捕。12[PHRASE	短语]长时间地；不停地 If you say that someone does something hour after hour, you are emphasizing that they do it continually for a long time.   [emphasis]He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour.他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵个不停。13[PHRASE	短语]整点地 If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour.   [PHR after v]14[PHRASE	短语]整点差…分/ 整点过…分 If you want to state the time exactly, you can give a number of minutes followed by before the hour or past the hour .   [v-link num PHR]15[PHRASE	短语]在通常营业（或工作、学习）时间之外 Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.   [PHR after v]  [mainly BRIT 主英]Teachers refused to run out of hours sports matches because they weren't being paid.教师拒绝课余安排体育比赛，因为他们不会获得薪酬。 hourhour /aʊə $ aʊr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]  Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 160 minutes (written abbreviation hr) a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in one day:  The interview will last about two hours. I study for an hour every night. I’ll be back in three hours. Three hours later he was back. Her bag was stolen within hours of her arrival. You weren’t interested in my story a half hour ago. It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk into town.hour of After four hours of talks, an agreement was reached. The hotel is only an hour’s drive from the airport. a top speed of 120 miles an hour This was freelance work, paid by the hour. a five-hour delay2business/work etc hours [plural] a fixed period of time in the day when a particular activity, business etc happens:  hours of business 9.00–5.00office/opening hours Please call during office hours.working hours/hours of work the advantages of flexible working hoursvisiting hours (=the time when you can visit someone in hospital)after hours (=after the time when a business, especially a bar, is supposed to close)3long/regular/late etc hours used to say how long someone works or does things every day, or when they work or do things:  the long hours worked by hospital doctors Many hospital staff have to work unsocial hours (=work in the evenings and weekends so that they cannot spend time with family or friends). She knew that he kept late hours (=stayed up late).work all the hours God sends (=work all the time that you can)4time of day a particular period or point of time during the day or nightin the early/small hours (of the morning) (=between around midnight and two or three o’clock in the morning) There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning. Who can be calling at this late hour? (=used when you are surprised or annoyed by how late at night or early in the morning something is)daylight/daytime hours The park is open during daylight hours.the hours of darkness/daylight literary Few people dared to venture out during the hours of darkness.unearthly/ungodly hour (=used when you are complaining about how early or late something is) We had to get up at some ungodly hour to catch a plane.at all hours/at any hour (of the day or night) (=at any time) If you have a problem, you know you can call at any hour of the day or night. She’s up studying till all hours (=until unreasonably late at night). → waking hours/life/day etcat waking5long time [usually plural] informal a long time or a time that seems long:  We had to spend hours filling in forms.for hours (on end) It’ll keep the children amused for hours on end. a really boring lecture that went on for hours and hours She lay awake for hour after hour (=for many hours, continuously).6o’clock the time of the day when a new hour starts, for example one o’clock, two o’clock etcstrike/chime the hour (=if a clock strikes the hour, it rings, to show that it is one o’clock, seven o’clock etc)(every hour) on the hour (=every hour at six o’clock, seven o’clock etc) There are flights to Boston every hour on the hour.10/20 etc minutes before/after the hour American English (=used on national radio or television in order to give the time without saying which hour it is, because the broadcast may be coming from a different time zone) It’s twelve minutes before the hour, and you’re listening to ‘Morning Edition’ on NPR.71300/1530/1805 etc hours used to give the time in official or military reports and orders:  The helicopters lifted off at 0600 hours.8by the hour/from hour to hour if a situation is changing by the hour or from hour to hour, it is changing very quickly and very often:  This financial crisis is growing more serious by the hour.9lunch/dinner hour the period in the middle of the day when people stop work for a meal:  I usually do the crossword in my lunch hour.10important time [usually singular] an important moment or period in history or in your lifesomebody’s finest/greatest/darkest hour This was our country’s finest hour.somebody’s hour of need/glory etc (=a time when someone needs help, is very successful etc)11of the hour important at a particular time, especially the present time:  one of the burning questions of the hourthe hero/man of the hour (=someone who does something very brave, is very successful etc at a particular time) → the eleventh hourat eleventh1(2), → hourly, happy hour, rush hour, zero hourCOLLOCATIONSphraseshalf an hour (also a half hour) (=thirty minutes)· I’ll meet you in half an hour.(a) quarter of an hour (=fifteen minutes)· Mum was gone for about a quarter of an hour.three quarters of an hour (=forty-five minutes)· The journey takes three quarters of an hour.miles/kilometres an hour (=used in speeds)· The speed limit is 65 miles an hour.£10/$7 etc an hour (=used to say how much someone is paid or how much you pay to use something)· The babysitter charges £5 an hour.an hour’s/six hours’ etc work (=work that it took you an hour/six hours etc to do)· I did two hours’ work before breakfast.an hour’s walk/drive etc· It’s about an hour’s drive away.adverbsan hour/three hours etc later· An hour later she arrived home.an hour/three hours etc earlier/before· I had just seen him a few hours earlier.an hour/three hours etc ago· He left an hour ago.verbstake an hour (=something needs an hour to do)· It took about three hours to paint the whole room.spend an hour· I spent an hour reading.last (for) an hour· The meeting lasted almost two hours.pay/charge by the hour (=pay or charge someone according to the number of hours it takes to do something)· You can pay by the hour to hire a boat.

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jEPoK/1xFvkT+4I2iOf8EapF16WeVfpv9fkHc8xjULUChAeSZLj/xJBCo6/a1i3iDVNZIJxZNncbivzQUiOzRs0cHY5CY9xks5YKsRH79oaB0QeRazXZNWNYpSJK1w4SHCO5Yq8bic8teahqogBWkYR8EckrMQpmXYouvzTqfL8=             hour              ★                    /        ˈaʊə(r)                ;          NAmE                ˈaʊər                /                              noun                                    HELP       Use      an,not      a,before      hour.              *hour 之前用 an，不用 a。                    1      ★              [countable        ]                    (        abbr.hr            ,      hr.        )                    60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is spanided into          小时                            ◆        It will take about an hour to get there.        到那里大约需要一小时。                    ◆        The interview lasted half an hour.        会见持续了半小时。                    ◆        It was a three-hour exam.        那是三小时的考试。                    ◆        I waited          for an hourand then I left.                我等了一个小时，然后就走了。                    ◆        He'll be back          in an hour.                他一小时后回来。                    ◆        We're paid          by the hour.                我们是论小时获得报酬的。                    ◆        The minimum wage was set at £5.80          an hour.                最低工资定为每小时 5.80 英镑。                    ◆        Top speed is 120 miles          per hour.                最高时速为 120 英里。                    ◆        York was within an hour's drive.        开车到约克不会超过一小时。                    ◆        Chicago is two hours away          (= it takes two hours to get there).                到芝加哥需要两小时。                    ◆        We're four hours ahead of New York          (= referring to the time difference).                我们比纽约早四个小时。                    ◆        We hope to be there          within the hour          (= in less than an hour).                我们希望一小时内到达那里。                    2      ★              [countable            ,       usually singular        ]                    a period of about an hour, used for a particular purpose          约一小时的时间                            ◆        I use the Internet at work, during my          lunch hour.                我上班时在午餐时间使用互联网。                    ☞see also                                            happy hour                                      ,                                            rush hour                                                  3      ★      hours              [plural        ]                    a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc.          （工作、办公等的）固定时间                            ◆                  Opening hoursare from 10 to 6 each day.                开放时间为每天 10 点到 6 点。                    ◆        Most people in this kind of job tend to work          long hours.                很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。                    ◆        What are your          office hours?                你的办公时间是几点到几点？                    ◆        a hospital's          visiting hours                医院的探视时间                    ◆        Britain's          licensing hours          (= when pubs are allowed to open)used to be very restricted.                英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。                    ◆        This is the only place to get a drink          after hours          (= after the normal closing time for pubs).                这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。                    ◆        Clients can now contact us by email          out of hours          (= when the office is closed).                现在于办公时间以外顾客可以用电邮和我们联系。                    4      ★      hours              [plural        ]                    a long time          长时间                            ◆        It took hours getting there.        花了好长时间才到达那里。                    ◆        I've been waiting          for hours.                我等了很久了。                    ◆        ‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh,          hours and hours.’                “持续了多久？”“噢，很久很久。”                    5              [singular        ]                    a particular point in time          某个时间                            ◆        You can't turn him away at this hour of the night.        天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。                    6              [countable            ,       usually singular        ]                    the time when sth important happens          重要时刻                            ◆        This was often thought of as the country's          finest hour.                一般认为这是该国家最美好的一段时光。                    ◆        She thought her          last hourhad come.                她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。                    ◆        Don't desert me in my          hour of need.                不要在我困难的时候离开我。                    7      the hour              [singular        ]                    the time when it is exactly 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc.          整点                            ◆        There's a bus every hour          on the hour.                每小时整点有一班公共汽车。                    ◆        The clock          struck the hour.                钟敲过整点了。                    8      hours              [plural        ]                    used when giving the time according to the 24-hour clock, usually in military or other official language          （按 24 小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方用语）点钟                            ◆        The first missile was launched at 2300 hours          (= at 11 p.m.).                首枚导弹是在 23 点（晚上 11 点）发射的。                            HELP       This is pronounced ‘23 hundred hours’.      这要读作 23 hundred hours。              IDIOMS              ˈall hours                              any time, especially a time which is not usual or suitable              任何时间（尤指非正常或不合适的时间）                                            ◆            He's started staying out              till all hours              (= until very late at night).                        他已经开始在外面待得很晚了。                                ◆            She thinks she can call me              at all hours of the day and night.                        她以为她可以不分昼夜随时给我打电话。                                      keep… ˈhours                              if you keep regular, strange, etc.              hours,the times at which you do things (especially getting up or going to bed) are regular, strange, etc.              做事（尤指作息）时间有规律（或怪异等）                                                  the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours                  (          also          the wee small ˈhours                      ScotE,            NAmE also                    the wee ˈhours          )                                      the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight              午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分                                            ◆            We worked well into the small hours.            我们一直工作到了午夜之后。                                ◆            The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning.            战斗在星期六凌晨打响了。                                      ☞more at                                    eleventh                  at        eleven            ,                                    evil                                   adj.            ,                                    kill                                   v.            ,                                    unearthly                              ,                                    ungodly                                      hour      hours                  hour              /        ˈaʊə(r)                ;          NAmE                ˈaʊər                /             hour[ˈaʊə(r)]CET4CET6TEM4考研n2721514483825331749372223144312781NOUN2685170160Spoken:244325579hours[191494]小时(99%)，钟点(1%)n.小时；钟头；课时；…点钟n.(Hour)人名；(法)乌尔；(柬)胡

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Collins	hour ★★★★★ /a͟ʊ'ə(r)/ 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]小时 An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours... 他们等了约两小时。 I only slept about half an hour that night. 我那天晚上只睡了大约半个小时。 ...a twenty-four hour strike... 持续24小时的罢工 London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed. 伦敦离这里有1小时路程，当我赶到时，手术已经完成了。 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]长时间 People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. [emphasis] Getting there would take hours. 去那里要花很长时间。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]（时钟的）钟点，整点 A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. [the N] 4 [N-SING 单数名词]时间；时刻 You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour . [with supp] [LITERARY 文] ...the hour of his execution... 处决他的时间 The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour. 即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（人一生中的某个）时候，时期 If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling. [with supp] [LITERARY 文] He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need. 他回忆起她在丈夫困难之时的忠贞奉献。 ...the darkest hour of my professional life. 我职业生涯中最黑暗的时期 6 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（每天发生或进行某事的）特定时间，固定时间 You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates. [with supp] ...the hours of darkness... 夜晚 Phone us on this number during office hours. 上班时间打这个电话给我们。 ...outside prison visiting hours. 在探监时间以外 7 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（每周的）工作时间 If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. I worked quite irregular hours... 我的工作时间相当不固定。 The job was easy； the hours were good. 这份工作很轻松，工作时间也很合适。 8 →see: eleventh hour ； →see: lunch hour ； →see: rush hour ； 9 [PHRASE 短语]See also:after-hours ；下班后；营业（或办公、学习）时间以后 If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work. [PHR after v] ...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours... 钢厂工人下班后去放松一下的当地餐馆 Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center. 戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。 10 [PHRASE 短语]在（某一时段的）任何时刻 If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does. [PHR after v] [disapproval] She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning. 她不希望自己14岁的女儿凌晨才回家。 ...a neighbour's car alarm going off at all hours of the day and night. 邻居的汽车警报器没日没夜响个不停。 11 [PHRASE 短语]在凌晨；在下半夜 If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight. Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning. 吉布斯于昨天凌晨被捕。 12 [PHRASE 短语]长时间地；不停地 If you say that someone does something hour after hour, you are emphasizing that they do it continually for a long time. [emphasis] He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour. 他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵个不停。 13 [PHRASE 短语]整点地 If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour. [PHR after v] 14 [PHRASE 短语]整点差…分/ 整点过…分 If you want to state the time exactly, you can give a number of minutes followed by before the hour or past the hour . [v-link num PHR] 15 [PHRASE 短语]在通常营业（或工作、学习）时间之外 Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work. [PHR after v] [mainly BRIT 主英] Teachers refused to run out of hours sports matches because they weren't being paid. 教师拒绝课余安排体育比赛，因为他们不会获得薪酬。
Oxford	hour ★ / ˈaʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈaʊər / noun HELP Use an,not a,before hour. *hour 之前用 an，不用 a。 1 ★ [countable ] ( abbr.hr , hr. ) 60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is spanided into 小时 ◆ It will take about an hour to get there. 到那里大约需要一小时。 ◆ The interview lasted half an hour. 会见持续了半小时。 ◆ It was a three-hour exam. 那是三小时的考试。 ◆ I waited for an hourand then I left. 我等了一个小时，然后就走了。 ◆ He'll be back in an hour. 他一小时后回来。 ◆ We're paid by the hour. 我们是论小时获得报酬的。 ◆ The minimum wage was set at £5.80 an hour. 最低工资定为每小时 5.80 英镑。 ◆ Top speed is 120 miles per hour. 最高时速为 120 英里。 ◆ York was within an hour's drive. 开车到约克不会超过一小时。 ◆ Chicago is two hours away (= it takes two hours to get there). 到芝加哥需要两小时。 ◆ We're four hours ahead of New York (= referring to the time difference). 我们比纽约早四个小时。 ◆ We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). 我们希望一小时内到达那里。 2 ★ [countable , usually singular ] a period of about an hour, used for a particular purpose 约一小时的时间 ◆ I use the Internet at work, during my lunch hour. 我上班时在午餐时间使用互联网。 ☞see also happy hour , rush hour 3 ★ hours [plural ] a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc. （工作、办公等的）固定时间 ◆ Opening hoursare from 10 to 6 each day. 开放时间为每天 10 点到 6 点。 ◆ Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours. 很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。 ◆ What are your office hours? 你的办公时间是几点到几点？ ◆ a hospital's visiting hours 医院的探视时间 ◆ Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open)used to be very restricted. 英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。 ◆ This is the only place to get a drink after hours (= after the normal closing time for pubs). 这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。 ◆ Clients can now contact us by email out of hours (= when the office is closed). 现在于办公时间以外顾客可以用电邮和我们联系。 4 ★ hours [plural ] a long time 长时间 ◆ It took hours getting there. 花了好长时间才到达那里。 ◆ I've been waiting for hours. 我等了很久了。 ◆ ‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh, hours and hours.’ “持续了多久？”“噢，很久很久。” 5 [singular ] a particular point in time 某个时间 ◆ You can't turn him away at this hour of the night. 天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。 6 [countable , usually singular ] the time when sth important happens 重要时刻 ◆ This was often thought of as the country's finest hour. 一般认为这是该国家最美好的一段时光。 ◆ She thought her last hourhad come. 她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。 ◆ Don't desert me in my hour of need. 不要在我困难的时候离开我。 7 the hour [singular ] the time when it is exactly 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc. 整点 ◆ There's a bus every hour on the hour. 每小时整点有一班公共汽车。 ◆ The clock struck the hour. 钟敲过整点了。 8 hours [plural ] used when giving the time according to the 24-hour clock, usually in military or other official language （按 24 小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方用语）点钟 ◆ The first missile was launched at 2300 hours (= at 11 p.m.). 首枚导弹是在 23 点（晚上 11 点）发射的。 HELP This is pronounced ‘23 hundred hours’. 这要读作 23 hundred hours。 IDIOMS ˈall hours any time, especially a time which is not usual or suitable 任何时间（尤指非正常或不合适的时间） ◆ He's started staying out till all hours (= until very late at night). 他已经开始在外面待得很晚了。 ◆ She thinks she can call me at all hours of the day and night. 她以为她可以不分昼夜随时给我打电话。 keep… ˈhours if you keep regular, strange, etc. hours,the times at which you do things (especially getting up or going to bed) are regular, strange, etc. 做事（尤指作息）时间有规律（或怪异等） the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours ( also the wee small ˈhours ScotE, NAmE also the wee ˈhours ) the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight 午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分 ◆ We worked well into the small hours. 我们一直工作到了午夜之后。 ◆ The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning. 战斗在星期六凌晨打响了。 ☞more at eleventh at eleven , evil adj. , kill v. , unearthly , ungodly hour hours hour / ˈaʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈaʊər /
LDC	hourhour /aʊə $ aʊr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 160 minutes (written abbreviation hr) a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in one day: The interview will last about two hours. I study for an hour every night. I’ll be back in three hours. Three hours later he was back. Her bag was stolen within hours of her arrival. You weren’t interested in my story a half hour ago. It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk into town.hour of After four hours of talks, an agreement was reached. The hotel is only an hour’s drive from the airport. a top speed of 120 miles an hour This was freelance work, paid by the hour. a five-hour delay2business/work etc hours [plural] a fixed period of time in the day when a particular activity, business etc happens: hours of business 9.00–5.00office/opening hours Please call during office hours.working hours/hours of work the advantages of flexible working hoursvisiting hours (=the time when you can visit someone in hospital)after hours (=after the time when a business, especially a bar, is supposed to close)3long/regular/late etc hours used to say how long someone works or does things every day, or when they work or do things: the long hours worked by hospital doctors Many hospital staff have to work unsocial hours (=work in the evenings and weekends so that they cannot spend time with family or friends). She knew that he kept late hours (=stayed up late).work all the hours God sends (=work all the time that you can)4time of day a particular period or point of time during the day or nightin the early/small hours (of the morning) (=between around midnight and two or three o’clock in the morning) There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning. Who can be calling at this late hour? (=used when you are surprised or annoyed by how late at night or early in the morning something is)daylight/daytime hours The park is open during daylight hours.the hours of darkness/daylight literary Few people dared to venture out during the hours of darkness.unearthly/ungodly hour (=used when you are complaining about how early or late something is) We had to get up at some ungodly hour to catch a plane.at all hours/at any hour (of the day or night) (=at any time) If you have a problem, you know you can call at any hour of the day or night. She’s up studying till all hours (=until unreasonably late at night). → waking hours/life/day etc at waking 5long time [usually plural] informal a long time or a time that seems long: We had to spend hours filling in forms.for hours (on end) It’ll keep the children amused for hours on end. a really boring lecture that went on for hours and hours She lay awake for hour after hour (=for many hours, continuously).6o’clock the time of the day when a new hour starts, for example one o’clock, two o’clock etcstrike/chime the hour (=if a clock strikes the hour, it rings, to show that it is one o’clock, seven o’clock etc)(every hour) on the hour (=every hour at six o’clock, seven o’clock etc) There are flights to Boston every hour on the hour.10/20 etc minutes before/after the hour American English (=used on national radio or television in order to give the time without saying which hour it is, because the broadcast may be coming from a different time zone) It’s twelve minutes before the hour, and you’re listening to ‘Morning Edition’ on NPR.71300/1530/1805 etc hours used to give the time in official or military reports and orders: The helicopters lifted off at 0600 hours.8by the hour/from hour to hour if a situation is changing by the hour or from hour to hour, it is changing very quickly and very often: This financial crisis is growing more serious by the hour.9lunch/dinner hour the period in the middle of the day when people stop work for a meal: I usually do the crossword in my lunch hour.10important time [usually singular] an important moment or period in history or in your lifesomebody’s finest/greatest/darkest hour This was our country’s finest hour.somebody’s hour of need/glory etc (=a time when someone needs help, is very successful etc)11of the hour important at a particular time, especially the present time: one of the burning questions of the hourthe hero/man of the hour (=someone who does something very brave, is very successful etc at a particular time) → the eleventh hour at eleventh1(2) , → hourly , happy hour , rush hour , zero hour COLLOCATIONSphraseshalf an hour (also a half hour) (=thirty minutes)· I’ll meet you in half an hour.(a) quarter of an hour (=fifteen minutes)· Mum was gone for about a quarter of an hour.three quarters of an hour (=forty-five minutes)· The journey takes three quarters of an hour.miles/kilometres an hour (=used in speeds)· The speed limit is 65 miles an hour.£10/$7 etc an hour (=used to say how much someone is paid or how much you pay to use something)· The babysitter charges £5 an hour.an hour’s/six hours’ etc work (=work that it took you an hour/six hours etc to do)· I did two hours’ work before breakfast.an hour’s walk/drive etc· It’s about an hour’s drive away.adverbsan hour/three hours etc later· An hour later she arrived home.an hour/three hours etc earlier/before· I had just seen him a few hours earlier.an hour/three hours etc ago· He left an hour ago.verbstake an hour (=something needs an hour to do)· It took about three hours to paint the whole room.spend an hour· I spent an hour reading.last (for) an hour· The meeting lasted almost two hours.pay/charge by the hour (=pay or charge someone according to the number of hours it takes to do something)· You can pay by the hour to hire a boat.
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