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钟表,计时器,钟表业,钟表业的发展
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Definitions
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- : an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- : time clock.
- : a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning.
- : biological clock.
- : Astronomy. the constellation Horologium.
- : Computers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference train of electronic pulses for all other circuits.
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- : to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch: The racehorse was clocked at two minutes thirty seconds.
- : Slang. to strike sharply or heavily: Somebody clocked him on the face.
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- : clock in, to begin work, especially by punching a time clock: She clocked in at 9 on the dot.
- : clock out, to end work, especially by punching a time clock: He clocked out early yesterday.
Phrases
- clock in
- clock is ticking, the
- clock up
- against the clock
- beat the clock
- clean someone's clock
- like clock-work
- set back (the clock)
- stop someone's clock
- stop the clock
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The body clock shifts, making it easier to stay up late and harder to wake early.
This clock can distinguish between different colors of light.
In the future, even more precise atomic clocks could provide further information about what makes the universe tick.
They had bedrooms next to the rooms where their animals were being deprived so they could monitor around the clock.
So the merchants of bad, as we call them, are just going at us around the clock trying to sell us their wares.
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
They thrive on packed schedules, they say, and take pleasure in working around the clock.
He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.
Bill Haley had kicked rock off with “Rock Around the Clock,” but Elvis Presley made it an international phenomenon.
The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
As it came near, it proved to be the clock, with a sail hoisted, and the Goblin sitting complacently in the stern.
A clock was put above the spot where the fountain stood, in April, 1852, which cost £60.
The tower has four clock faces, pinnacles at the angles, and a steep slate roof and is 120 feet high.