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hour n.小时；钟点 (1) 他花了半个小时做完这项工作。(2) 伦敦的公共汽车每小时零分开出一趟。(3) 你可以按钟点租辆自行车在城里观光。(4) 那男孩常常坐在那里好几个钟点,看着车辆行人通过。 If your math class lasts an hour, it might start at 9:30 and end at 10:30, one hour later. Hour also means "time of day." If your phone rings at two a.m., you could ask, "Why are you calling at such a late hour, Mom?" The word stems from the Old French hore, "one-twelfth of a day," with its roots in the Latin hora, "hour" or "season," and Greek hora, "the season."

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英 ['aʊə(r)] 美 ['aʊər] (1) It took him half an hour to finish the work.(2) The London bus departs every hour on the hour.(3) You can hire a bicycle by the hour to go around the city.(4) The boy will sit there hour after hour looking at the traffic go by. An hour is a unit of time — it's sixty minutes, 3,600 seconds, or the length it takes the long hand on your watch to move in a full circle. 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。

英语单词	hour
英美音标	英 ['aʊə(r)] 美 ['aʊər]
中文释义	n.小时；钟点
英语例句	(1) It took him half an hour to finish the work. (2) The London bus departs every hour on the hour. (3) You can hire a bicycle by the hour to go around the city. (4) The boy will sit there hour after hour looking at the traffic go by.
中文例句	(1) 他花了半个小时做完这项工作。 (2) 伦敦的公共汽车每小时零分开出一趟。 (3) 你可以按钟点租辆自行车在城里观光。 (4) 那男孩常常坐在那里好几个钟点,看着车辆行人通过。
vocabulary简明	An hour is a unit of time — it's sixty minutes, 3,600 seconds, or the length it takes the long hand on your watch to move in a full circle.
vocabulary扩展	If your math class lasts an hour, it might start at 9:30 and end at 10:30, one hour later. Hour also means "time of day." If your phone rings at two a.m., you could ask, "Why are you calling at such a late hour, Mom?" The word stems from the Old French hore, "one-twelfth of a day," with its roots in the Latin hora, "hour" or "season," and Greek hora, "the season."
柯林斯解释	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。

Hour Time S Phrase 短语 Long O'clock Day