[countable]an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room, on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch)时钟；钟It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.厨房的钟六点十分了。Theclock strucktwelve/midnight.时钟已敲响十二点／午夜十二点。Theclock is fast/slow.这钟走得快了／慢了。The clock has stopped.钟停了。theclock face(=the front part of a clock with the numbers on)钟面Thehands of the clockcrept slowly around.钟的时针在缓慢地走着。Ellen heard the loudticking of the clockin the hall.埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。➡ see alsoalarm clock,biological clock,body clock,carriage clock,cuckoo clock,grandfather clock,o'clock,time clockthe clock[singular](informal)=milometera used car with 20 000 miles on the clock一辆计程器上累计行程为 2 万英里的旧汽车●against the ˈclockif you do sthagainst the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time抢时间；争分夺秒●around/round the ˈclockall day and all night without stopping日夜不停；夜以继日●put the clocks forward/back(BrE)(NAmEset/move the clocks ahead/back)to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer（夏时制开始和结束时）把时钟拨快／拨回（一般为一个小时）●put/turn the ˈclock backto return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age倒退；复旧；怀旧I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance.我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。(disapproving)to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas开倒车The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。●run down/out the ˈclock(US)if a sports team tries torun down/out the clockat the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring消耗掉剩余的比赛时间（比赛接近结束时，球队不想进球而只设法控制住球，以阻止对方进球得分）➡ comparetime-wasting(2)●the clocks go forward/backthe time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer（夏时制）时钟被拨快／拨回●beattheˈclockto finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time提前完成任务（或跑到终点等）●aˌraceagainstˈtime/theˈclocka situation in which you have to do sth or finish sth very fast before it is too late和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒●ˌstoptheˈclockto stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit（在计时比赛或活动中）停表●watchtheˈclock(disapproving)to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作）➡ see alsoclock-watcher
?clockBrE/klɒk/NAmE/klɑːk/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theyclockBrE/klɒk/NAmE/klɑːk/present simple - he / she / itclocksBrE/klɒks/NAmE/klɑːks/past simpleclockedBrE/klɒkt/NAmE/klɑːkt/past participleclockedBrE/klɒkt/NAmE/klɑːkt/-ing formclockingBrE/ˈklɒkɪŋ/NAmE/ˈklɑːkɪŋ/~sthto reach a particular time or speed达到（某时间或速度）He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres final.他 100 米决赛跑出了 10.09 秒的速度。to measure the speed at which sb/sth is travelling测…的速度~sb doing sthThe police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour.警察测出她的车速每小时超过 100 英里。~sb/sth (at sth)Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.据测拉皮德城的狂风速度为每小时 80 英里。~sb|~that…|~what/where, etc.…(BrE,informal)to notice or recognize sb注意到；认出I clocked her in the driving mirror.我从汽车后视镜里注意到她。~sth(BrE,informal)to illegally reduce the number of miles shown on a vehicle'smilometer(=instrument that measures the number of miles it has travelled)in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has非法减少（车辆）计程器上的里程数；回拨（车辆）里程表作弊●ˌclock ˈin/ˈon(BrE)(NAmEˌpunch ˈin)to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine（尤指用机器）记录上班时间，上班打卡●ˌclock ˈout/ˈoff(BrE)(NAmEˌpunch ˈout)to record the time at which you leave work, especially by putting a card into a machine（尤指用机器）记录下班时间，下班打卡●ˌclock ˈup sthto reach a particular amount or number达到（某一数量或数目）On the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles.这次旅行我们的行程超过了 1 800 英里。He has clocked up more than 25 years on the committee.他担任委员会的委员已超过 25 年。
