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IELTS BNC: 2543 COCA: 2635

clock
1 clock /ˈklɑːk/ noun
plural clocks
1 clock
/ˈklɑːk/
noun
plural clocks
Learner's definition of CLOCK
1 
[count] : a device that shows what time it is and that is usually placed in a room or attached to a wall钟；时钟
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
— compare watch; see also alarm clock, atomic clock, biological clock, body clock, cuckoo clock, grandfather clock
2 
the clock : a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game（比赛）计时器
◊ In U.S. English, to eat up the clock or run out the clock or kill the clock is to keep control of the ball or puck near the end of a game so that your opponent will not have a chance to score.耗掉剩余时间（比赛即将结束时，控制住球不让对方进球得分）
 — see also shot clock
3 
the clock : time clock
4 
the clock chiefly British, informal : a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled : odometer计程器；里程表

against the clock

1 
: in order to do or finish something before a particular time（为按时完成某事）争分夺秒
2 
◊ If a race is against the clock, the time of each racer is measured and the racer with the fastest time wins.（给参赛者）计时

around the clock

also round the clock
: throughout the entire day and night : every hour of the day昼夜不停；夜以继日

beat the clock

: to do or finish something quickly before a particular time赶在某一时间之前完成

put/turn back the clock

also put/turn the clock back
: to return to a condition that existed in the past让时光倒流；回到从前
2 clock /ˈklɑːk/ verb
clocks; clocked; clocking
2 clock
/ˈklɑːk/
verb
clocks; clocked; clocking
Learner's definition of CLOCK
1 
[+ object]
a  : to measure the amount of time it takes for (a person) to do something or for (something) to be completed为…计时；测…的时间— usually + at
b  : to finish a race in (an amount of time)用时…（完成比赛）
2 
a  [+ object] : to measure or show (the speed of something) with a measuring device测量（速度）
b  [no object] : to have a particular speed or to continue for a particular amount of time速度为；时间长达— + in
3 
[+ object] informal : to hit (someone or something) very hard痛打；狠揍
4 
[+ object] British, informal : to look at or notice (someone or something)注视；注意到

clock in/on

[phrasal verb] chiefly British
: to record on a special card the time that you start working打卡上班

clock off/out

[phrasal verb] chiefly British
: to record on a special card the time that you stop working打卡下班

clock up

[phrasal verb]
clock up (something) chiefly British
: to gain or reach (a particular number or amount)达到（某一数目或数量）
IELTS BNC: 2543 COCA: 2635

clock

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈkläk How to pronounce clock (audio)
plural clocks
often attributive
1
: a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dial
broadly : any periodic system by which time is measured
2
: a registering device usually with a dial
specifically : odometer
3
: time clock
4
: a synchronizing device (as in a computer) that produces pulses at regular intervals
5
: biological clock

see also a race against the clock

clock

2 of 3

verb

clocked; clocking; clocks

transitive verb

1
a
: to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device
b
: to be timed at
2
: to register on a mechanical recording device
wind velocities were clocked at 80 miles per hour
3
: to hit hard
4
chiefly British : attain, realize
—usually used with up
just clocked up a million … paperback sales — Punch
5
a
: to travel (a distance) over time
clocks more than 15,000 miles a year on business
b
: put in sense 3
clocking long hours at the office

intransitive verb

1
: to have a specified duration or speed
—used with in
the movie clocked in at just under 3 hours
broadly : to have a specified measure or value
—used with in
the meal clocked in at about $15
2
: to register on a time sheet or time clock : punch
—used with in, out, on, off
he clocked in late
clocker noun

clock

3 of 3

noun (2)

: an ornamental figure on the ankle or side of a stocking or sock
Phrases
against the clock
1
: with or within a time constraint
working against the clock
2
: with clocked speed rather than the order of finish as the criterion for placement
trial races against the clock
around the clock or less commonly round the clock
1
: continuously for 24 hours : day and night without cessation
2
: without relaxation and heedless of time
kill the clock or run out the clock
: to use up as much as possible of the playing time remaining in a game (such as football) while retaining possession of the ball or puck especially to protect a lead

Synonyms

Noun (1)

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb He clocked 3 hours and 15 minutes in his last marathon. His fastest pitch was clocked at 91 miles per hour. The cop said she clocked me going 95 miles per hour. I was so angry I wanted to clock him.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French dialect (Picard) cloque bell, from Medieval Latin clocca, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish clocc bell

Noun (2)

perhaps from clock entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1883, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

1530, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of clock was in the 14th century

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IELTS BNC: 2543 COCA: 2635
clock

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOCK | CLOCK + VERB | CLOCK + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤accurate準確的時鐘▸➤12-hour, 24-hour * 12 小時 /24 小時時鐘▸➤digital, electric數字鐘；電鐘➤atomic原子鐘➤time考勤鐘▸➤bedside, kitchen牀頭鐘；廚房鐘▸➤alarm, carriage, cuckoo, grandfather, pendulum, travel, travelling, wall鬧鐘；便攜式時鐘；布穀鳥自鳴鐘；落地擺鐘；擺鐘；旅行鐘；掛鐘➤ticking滴答作響的時鐘➤countdown (NAmE) 倒計時器◇His countdown clock reads forty seconds.他的倒計時器顯示還剩下 40 秒。➤biological, body, circadian (biology生物) , internal生物鐘◇With jet lag, your biological clock is out of synch with the actual time.因為時差的緣故，你的生物鐘與實際時間不同步了。VERB + CLOCK➤reset, set, wind重調時間；調時間；給鐘上弦◇I've set my alarm clock for six tomorrow.我已經把鬧鐘定到了明早 6 點。➤move back, put back, set back, turn back (often figurative) 往後撥鐘；追溯◇Let's turn back the clock to the last decade.讓我們把時間撥回到上一個 10 年。➤move ahead, put forward, set ahead, turn forward (often figurative) 往前撥鐘➤calibrate, synchronize校準時鐘▸➤stop (for example in a game比賽時) 使鐘停下◇Pressing the buzzer stops the clock.按下蜂鳴器停止計時。➤check, glance at, look at核對鐘錶；瞥一眼鐘；看看鐘▸➤watch不停地看時間◇employees who are always watching the clock (= wanting their day's work to end) 總是在不停地看錶等着下班的員工➤beat (= do something in less time than is allowed) 在規定的時間以前完成◇The player beat the clock and set a new record.這位選手提前到達終點，創下了一項新紀錄。CLOCK + VERB➤beep, buzz, chime (sth), ring, strike sth, tick時鐘嘟嘟響／嗡嗡響／報（⋯時）／鳴響／敲⋯點／滴答響◇The clock struck the hour.時鐘整點報時。◇I could hear a clock ticking somewhere in the house.我能聽見鐘在房子裏某個地方滴答作響。➤stop鐘停▸➤keep time鐘走得準◇This clock doesn't keep time.這鐘不準。➤be fast, be slow鐘快；鐘慢◇That clock's fast.那鐘快。➤gain time, lose time鐘走得快；鐘走得慢➤be right, be wrong鐘走時準確／不準▸➤go back, go forward鐘回撥／往前撥◇The clocks go back tonight.今天晚上把鐘往回撥。➤say sth, tell sth鐘報時◇The clock on the wall said twelve o'clock.牆上的鐘報 12 點了。◇Her clock told her it was time to get up.她的時鐘告訴她該起牀了。➤go off鐘響鬧鈴◇My alarm clock didn't go off this morning.我的鬧鐘今天早上沒有響。CLOCK + NOUN➤face鐘面▸➤tower鐘樓▸➤radio收音機鬧鐘PREPOSITION➤against the clock搶時間◇to work against the clock (= to work fast in order to finish before a particular time) 搶時間工作➤around the clock, round the clock (= all day and all night) (especially BrE) 日夜不停◇to work around the clock夜以繼日地工作➤by the clock根據這個鐘◇It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock.廚房的鐘 10 點了。PHRASES➤the dial of a clock, the face of a clock, the hands of a clock鐘盤；鐘面；鐘的指針

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