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词汇 *clock¹
释义 *clock¹ /klɑk; klɒk/
n
1 [C] an instrument that shows the time (时)钟:
She glanced at the clock. 她看了看钟。
The room was silent except for the ticking of the clock. 房间里很安静,只有时钟的嘀嗒声。
2 around/round the clock all day and all night without stopping 日夜不停地,日以继夜地:
Volunteers had to work around the clock to get everything ready. 志愿者必须日夜不停地工作,以做好一切准备。
3 against the clock as fast as possible, because you are competing in something or do not have much time in which to finish something 抢时间,分秒必争(工作)
4 turn/put/set the clock back to go back to old and wrong ways of doing things 倒退,开倒车,倒行逆施:
Women's groups warned that the new law would turn the clock back fifty years. 妇女团体警告说新法律会使现状倒退五十年。
5 [C] an instrument in a car that tells you how far it has travelled 〔汽车的〕行车里程表[计]
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