| 单词 | 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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