ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOCK | CLOCK + VERB | CLOCK + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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 (oftenfigurative) 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 (oftenfigurative) 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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