hour

英['aʊə(r)] 美['aʊər]
  • n. 小时;钟点
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星级词汇:
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    n. (名词)
    1. 小时,钟头
    2. 时间,时刻
    3. …点钟;钟点
    4. 重要时刻
    5. 固定时间
    6. 课时
    7. 约一小时的时间
    8. 一小时内能做完的事;一小时的行程
    9. 【天文学】赤经15度
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]小时 twenty-fourth part of a day and night; sixty minutes
    2. [C]钟点 number of hours past midnight
    3. [P]固定时间,上班时间 fixed period of time for work, use of facilities, etc.
    4. [C]一小时的时间或行程 period of about an hour; distance that can be travelled in an hour
    5. [S]某一时刻 point in time
    6. [S]不确定的一段时间 indefinite period of time

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day;

    "the job will take more than an hour"

  2. clock time;

    "the hour is getting late"

  3. a special and memorable period;

    "it was their finest hour"

  4. distance measured by the time taken to cover it;

    "we live an hour from the airport"
    "its just 10 minutes away"

1. Use your lunch hour to have a nap in your chair.
利用午饭时间坐在椅子上打个盹吧。

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2. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another.
一个小时、两个小时过去了,他不耐烦了。

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3. The appointed hour of the ceremony was drawing nearer.
既定的典礼时间就快到了。

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4. 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。

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5. Jack took out his notes and talked for just under an hour.
杰克掏出他的笔记,讲了将近一个小时。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. It took him half an hour to finish the work.
      他花了半个小时做完这项工作。
    2. The London bus departs every hour on the hour.
      伦敦的公共汽车每小时零分开出一趟。
    3. You can hire a bicycle by the hour to go around the city.
      你可以按钟点租辆自行车在城里观光。
    4. The boy will sit there hour after hour looking at the traffic go by.
      那男孩常常坐在那里好几个钟点,看着车辆行人通过。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. We spent three hours on the train.
      我们在火车上度过了3个小时。
    2. We hope the rain can hold off for a few hours.
      我们希望雨停几个小时。
    3. The speaker held on for a full hour.
      演讲者讲了整整一个小时。
    4. The storm held us up for an hour.
      暴雨把我们耽搁了一小时。
    5. The traffic was held up for an hour.
      交通阻塞了一个小时。
    6. Without any hold-ups, the whole job shouldn't take more than an hour.
      如果没有什么阻碍的话,整个工作用不了一小时就可以完成。
    7. The strikers held out for a raise of one dollar an hour.
      罢工者坚持要求每小时增加一美元的工资。
    8. He hired a boat by the hour.
      他按钟头租小船。
    9. The clock strikes the hours but not the half-hours.
      这个钟是整点打点而不是半小时打点。
    10. It's fifteen thirty hours.
      现在是十五点三十分(下午3点30分)。
    11. The doctor's hours were between 10 and 4.
      就诊时间从上午10点到下午4点。
    12. After studying an hour,I finally got the hang of the lesson.
      我学习了一个小时,终于理解了这一课的要点。
    13. I hammered away at the maths problem for hours before I got the correct answer.
      我不断地计算了几个小时才得出正确答案。
    14. A teacher must know how to hold the attention of every student in class during the entire hour.
      教师必须懂得如何在整个一节课里吸引住全班同学的注意力。
    15. My home's 28 hours away.
      到我家要28小时。
    16. Who can be calling on me at this late hour?
      谁能在这么晚的时间来拜访我呢?
    17. She came at the agreed hour.
      她在约定的时间到了。
    18. Cage helped me in my hour of need.
      凯奇在我需要的时候帮助了我。
    19. The minute hand is longer than the hour hand.
      分针比时针长。
n. (名词)
  1. hour的基本意思是“小时”,即60分钟,是可数名词; 也可指“钟点”,如一点钟、两点钟等,用于正式文体中可用于24小时计时制,但常用复数形式。
  2. hour还可用于表示工作、设施等的“固定时间”,常用复数形式; 也可表示“不确定的一段时间”,常用单数形式; 还可作“某一时刻”解,常用单数形式。
  3. hour还可表示“一小时的时间或行程”,为可数名词。
  4. hour与缩略词am或pm连用时,通常要用数字表示。
  5. hour在句中有时也可用作定语。
  6. after hours的意思是“下班后”; at〔till〕 all hours的意思是“在〔到〕任何时候也没关系”; at the eleventh hour的意思是“在最后时刻”或“刚好来得及”; on the hour的意思是“在某一整点”; out of hours的意思是“在工作时间之外”。
n. (名词)
within an hour, within the hour
  • 这两个短语意思略有不同:前者的意思是“在一小时之内”,但未确定是哪一小时; 后者的意思是“在本小时之内”,是已确定的。试比较:
  • I can finish this work within an hour.
  • 我可以在一小时之内完成这项工作。
  • I can finish this work within the hour.
  • 我可以在本小时之内完成这项工作。
  • hour, o'clock, time
  • 这三个词都可表示时间概念。它们之间的区别是:time可泛指、也可特指做某事的时间; o'clock指时间的某一点,即“…点钟”; hour则一般指计量时间的单位,即“小时”。例如:
  • I could not afford time to see the film.我没有时间去看电影。
  • It is four o'clock.现在是4点钟。
  • keep good hours, keep good times
  • 这两个短语意思不同:前者的意思是“遵守时间”或“按时”,含有“从早”的意味; 后者的意思是“走得准确”,多指钟表。例如:
  • I want you all to keep good hours.我要你们大家遵守时间。
  • Does your watch keep good times?你的表走得准吗?
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    after hours
      下班后 after a period of regular business, etc.
    at〔till〕 all hours
      在〔到〕任何时候都没关系 at〔till〕 any time, however unsuitable or inconvenient
    at the eleventh hour
      在最后时刻,刚好来得及 at the last possible moment; only just in time
    on the hour
      在某一整点 at exactly 1 o'clock,2 o'clock, etc.
    out of hours
      在工作时间之外 before or after one's regular work time
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