hour
/aʊr/
n.
The 24th part of a day; 60 minutes. 小时；点钟。
The time of day as marked by the clock. 时刻。
- What is the hour? 现在几点钟？
A particular or stated time. （常用复数）特定的时间。
- school hours 授课时间。
- business hours 营业时间。
短语:
after hours 下班后；打烊后；下课后。
at all hours (at any time) 随时。
at the eleventh hour 在最后一刻。
in an evil hour 不巧；不幸。
of the hour 目前；当今。
on the hour ...时正。
the small (wee) hours 半夜一时，二时，三时左右。
the witching hour 三更半夜；午夜时分。
24 (twenty-four) hours a day 全天候；所有的时间。
习语:
hour hand （钟表的）时针。
hour
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hour
/aʊə/
n.
1.
缩写为h.、H.或hr(sixty minutes) 小时；钟头
- How many hours will it take? 需要花几个小时？
- It takes three hours. 需要三个小时。
- They slept for two hours. 他们睡了两个小时。
- She was driving at 30 miles an hour. 她以每小时30英里的时速驱车前行。
- at 60 kilometres per hour 以每小时60公里的速度
- two and a half hours 两个半小时
a quarter of an hour 一刻钟
half an hour 半小时
- I only slept about half an hour that night. 那天晚上我仅睡了大约半个小时。
to pay sb by the hour 按小时给某人付酬
- I paid him by the hour. 我按小时给他付工资。
2. <文> (particular time) 特殊的时刻；特定的时刻
- The hour of his execution was approaching. 他被处决的时刻就要到来了。
- The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour. 密布的阴云使天空比往常这个时候更加阴暗了。
- the darkest hour of my professional life 我职业生活中最黑暗的时刻
the hours of daylight 白昼
the hours of darkness 黑夜
sb's hour of need 某人困难的时刻
- He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need. 他忆起了她在她丈夫困难时刻对他所付出的一切。
3. (on clock) (钟表表盘的)时刻, 钟点
4. the hour
(exact number of complete hours) 整点
- Off in the distance, a clock struck the hour. 远处传来了整点敲钟的声音。
past the hour 过了整点
- It's five minutes past the hour. 整点过五分。
before the hour 整点前
- It's five minutes before the hour. 差五分钟整点。
on the hour 准点地；按照整点钟地
- The bus leaves on the hour. 公共汽车整点发车。
5. (time of day) (钟表上等的)时刻, 钟点
- Do you know the hour? 你知道几点了吗？
- Do you know at what hour he went out? 你知道他几点出去的吗？
6. (period of time used for something) 一段时间；固定时间
the lunch hour 午餐时间
- the hour of prayer 祷告时间
7. (special moment) 某一时刻；特殊时刻
- That was our finest hour. 那是我们最辉煌的时刻。
8. (distance) 一小时的行程
- We live an hour from the city. 我们住的地方离城有一个小时的路程。
9. of the hour
(most important, most popular) 当前最重要(或流行)的
- the man of the hour 风云人物
- the hero of the hour 当今英雄
- the issues of the hour 时事
10. 【天文】 时(赤经15度或天赤道的1/24)
idiom:
your hour
(time of success) 成功时刻
- This is his hour. 这是属于他的时刻。
(time of death) 最后时刻
- His hour had come. 他快不行了。
hour after hour 一小时又一小时地；连续地
- He and my mom argued every night, hour after hour. 他和我母亲每天晚上都会吵上几个小时。
- The staff let her sit for hour after hour beside the window in the day room. 工作人员让她一直坐在休息室的窗边。
your last hour
=hour模板:a
to take your hour<爱尔兰,非正式> 不要着急；慢慢来
/aʊə/
n.
1.
缩写为h.、H.或hr(sixty minutes) 小时；钟头
- How many hours will it take? 需要花几个小时？
- It takes three hours. 需要三个小时。
- They slept for two hours. 他们睡了两个小时。
- She was driving at 30 miles an hour. 她以每小时30英里的时速驱车前行。
- at 60 kilometres per hour 以每小时60公里的速度
- two and a half hours 两个半小时
a quarter of an hour 一刻钟
half an hour 半小时
- I only slept about half an hour that night. 那天晚上我仅睡了大约半个小时。
to pay sb by the hour 按小时给某人付酬
- I paid him by the hour. 我按小时给他付工资。
2. <文> (particular time) 特殊的时刻；特定的时刻
- The hour of his execution was approaching. 他被处决的时刻就要到来了。
- The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour. 密布的阴云使天空比往常这个时候更加阴暗了。
- the darkest hour of my professional life 我职业生活中最黑暗的时刻
the hours of daylight 白昼
the hours of darkness 黑夜
sb's hour of need 某人困难的时刻
- He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need. 他忆起了她在她丈夫困难时刻对他所付出的一切。
3. (on clock) (钟表表盘的)时刻, 钟点
4. the hour
(exact number of complete hours) 整点
- Off in the distance, a clock struck the hour. 远处传来了整点敲钟的声音。
past the hour 过了整点
- It's five minutes past the hour. 整点过五分。
before the hour 整点前
- It's five minutes before the hour. 差五分钟整点。
on the hour 准点地；按照整点钟地
- The bus leaves on the hour. 公共汽车整点发车。
5. (time of day) (钟表上等的)时刻, 钟点
- Do you know the hour? 你知道几点了吗？
- Do you know at what hour he went out? 你知道他几点出去的吗？
6. (period of time used for something) 一段时间；固定时间
the lunch hour 午餐时间
- the hour of prayer 祷告时间
7. (special moment) 某一时刻；特殊时刻
- That was our finest hour. 那是我们最辉煌的时刻。
8. (distance) 一小时的行程
- We live an hour from the city. 我们住的地方离城有一个小时的路程。
9. of the hour
(most important, most popular) 当前最重要(或流行)的
- the man of the hour 风云人物
- the hero of the hour 当今英雄
- the issues of the hour 时事
10. 【天文】 时(赤经15度或天赤道的1/24)
idiom:
your hour
(time of success) 成功时刻
- This is his hour. 这是属于他的时刻。
(time of death) 最后时刻
- His hour had come. 他快不行了。
hour after hour 一小时又一小时地；连续地
- He and my mom argued every night, hour after hour. 他和我母亲每天晚上都会吵上几个小时。
- The staff let her sit for hour after hour beside the window in the day room. 工作人员让她一直坐在休息室的窗边。
your last hour
=hour模板:a
to take your hour<爱尔兰,非正式> 不要着急；慢慢来
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
hour (hr)
/ˈaʊə(r)/, US: /ˈaʊər/
n. hours 103
小时
/ˈaʊə(r)/, US: /ˈaʊər/
n. hours 103
小时
- 英语>简体中文, 高中课标词汇
hour
时
时
- 英语>简体中文, 天文学名词数据库
hour
n.Abbr. hr, h（名词）缩写 hr, h
1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day. 小时：一天二十四个等分中的一等分
2. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight. 时度，小时：时针上将一圈60分钟分割成十二或二十四个连续的时间段的点，从午夜至正午再从正午至午夜或从午夜至午夜
3. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock. 时刻，钟点：十二小时钟所表明的一天的时间
4. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: hours 根据二十四小时制确定的时间：
- 1730 hours is 5:30&b{p.m.} 十七点三十分即下午 五点三十分
5. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15&9{=} or &9{!/24} of a great circle. 经度15°：经度或赤经单位，相当于15°或圆周的二十四分之一
6. A customary or fixed time: 习惯的或固定的时刻：
- the dinner hour. 晚餐时刻
7. hours A set period of time for a specified activity: hours 某一具体活动设定的进行时间：
- banking hours. 银行营业时间
8. A particular time: 特殊时刻：
- their hour of need. 他们的困难时刻
9. A significant time: 重要时刻：
- Her hour had come. 她的机会来了
10. The present time: 目前，现在：
- the man of the hour. 现代人
11. The work that can be accomplished in an hour. 一小时内能完成的工作
12. The distance that can be traveled in an hour. 一小时内能走的路程
13. A single session of a school day or class. 一学时：学校或课堂的课时
14. A credit hour. 学分时数
15. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours. hours 【基督教会】 祷告时间
n.Abbr. hr, h（名词）缩写 hr, h
1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day. 小时：一天二十四个等分中的一等分
2. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight. 时度，小时：时针上将一圈60分钟分割成十二或二十四个连续的时间段的点，从午夜至正午再从正午至午夜或从午夜至午夜
3. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock. 时刻，钟点：十二小时钟所表明的一天的时间
4. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: hours 根据二十四小时制确定的时间：
- 1730 hours is 5:30&b{p.m.} 十七点三十分即下午 五点三十分
5. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15&9{=} or &9{!/24} of a great circle. 经度15°：经度或赤经单位，相当于15°或圆周的二十四分之一
6. A customary or fixed time: 习惯的或固定的时刻：
- the dinner hour. 晚餐时刻
7. hours A set period of time for a specified activity: hours 某一具体活动设定的进行时间：
- banking hours. 银行营业时间
8. A particular time: 特殊时刻：
- their hour of need. 他们的困难时刻
9. A significant time: 重要时刻：
- Her hour had come. 她的机会来了
10. The present time: 目前，现在：
- the man of the hour. 现代人
11. The work that can be accomplished in an hour. 一小时内能完成的工作
12. The distance that can be traveled in an hour. 一小时内能走的路程
13. A single session of a school day or class. 一学时：学校或课堂的课时
14. A credit hour. 学分时数
15. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours. hours 【基督教会】 祷告时间
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
hour
num. 小时，钟点，钟头
num. 小时，钟点，钟头
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
hour
小时 H，h
小时 H，h
- 英语>简体中文, 计算机电子速查小字典
hour
n. 小时
n. 小时
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉机械大词典
hour
n.
小时
- It's fifteen thirty hours. 现在是15点30分。
一小时的时间或行程
- We have still an hour in hand before the train leaves. 火车开走前我们还有一个小时。
不确定的一段时间, 某一时刻
- Who can be calling on me at this late hour? 谁会在这么晚的时间来拜访我呢?
- Cage helped me in my hour of need. 凯奇在我需要的时候帮助了我。
固定时间, 上班时间
- Office hours are from 9 am. to 5 pm. 办公时间从上午九点到下午五点。
n.
小时
- It's fifteen thirty hours. 现在是15点30分。
一小时的时间或行程
- We have still an hour in hand before the train leaves. 火车开走前我们还有一个小时。
不确定的一段时间, 某一时刻
- Who can be calling on me at this late hour? 谁会在这么晚的时间来拜访我呢?
- Cage helped me in my hour of need. 凯奇在我需要的时候帮助了我。
固定时间, 上班时间
- Office hours are from 9 am. to 5 pm. 办公时间从上午九点到下午五点。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
hour1
(noun 名词)
小时
OTHER UNITSOF TIME 其他的时间单位：SEE参阅 time noun 名词.
(noun 名词)
小时
OTHER UNITSOF TIME 其他的时间单位：SEE参阅 time noun 名词.
- 英语>简体中文, 英语同义词词典
hour1
at an un,earthly/un,godly 'hour (informal)
very early or very late, especially when this is annoying 极早；很晚；过分地早﹙或晚﹚:
The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train. 做这份工作要很早起床赶第一班火车。
I heard him come home at some ungodly hour again last night. 我昨晚又听见他很晚才回家。
in your hour of need (often humorous)
when you really need help 需要帮助时:
Where were you in my hour of need? Sitting in the pub with your friends! 我需要帮助时你在哪儿呢？跟你的朋友们在泡酒吧！
on the 'hour/half-'hour
at exactly 5 o’clock, 6 o’clock, etc./5.30, 6.30, etc.整点； 整半点:
Buses leave here for Oxford on the hour. 去牛津的公共汽车逢整点发车。
the eleventh hour 另见eleventh
the evil hour/day/moment 另见evil
at an un,earthly/un,godly 'hour (informal)
very early or very late, especially when this is annoying 极早；很晚；过分地早﹙或晚﹚:
The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train. 做这份工作要很早起床赶第一班火车。
I heard him come home at some ungodly hour again last night. 我昨晚又听见他很晚才回家。
in your hour of need (often humorous)
when you really need help 需要帮助时:
Where were you in my hour of need? Sitting in the pub with your friends! 我需要帮助时你在哪儿呢？跟你的朋友们在泡酒吧！
on the 'hour/half-'hour
at exactly 5 o’clock, 6 o’clock, etc./5.30, 6.30, etc.整点； 整半点:
Buses leave here for Oxford on the hour. 去牛津的公共汽车逢整点发车。
the eleventh hour 另见eleventh
the evil hour/day/moment 另见evil
英语>简体中文, 英语习语词典
hour1
n.
小时, 钟头
时间, 时期; 时机; (某一)时刻
一小时的行程; 一小时的工作量
[pl. ]钟点; 固定时间; 课时; 工作作息时间;【宗】天主教的定时祈祷, 祈祷文
...点钟
死期, 未日
[the hour]目前, 现在; 时代
【天】赤经十五度
[Hour ]【希神】掌管季节、时序等的女神
- half an hour ([美] a half hour) 半小时
- a quarter of an hour 一刻钟
- every hour or two 每隔一二小时
- school hours 上课时间
- office hours 办公时间
- business hours 营业时间
- dark hours 艰苦的时刻
- golden hours 幸福的日子; “黄金时间”
- combat flying hour 【军】战斗飞行小时
- work for hours at a stretch 一连工作几小时
- help in sb.'s hour of need 在某人困难的时候给予帮助
- the question of the hour 当前的问题
- the happiest hours of one's life 一生中最幸福的(一段)时间
- The hour has come [struck]. 末日已到, 命数已尽。
继承用法
hour-angle
n.
【天】时角
hour-circle
n.
【天】时圈, 子午线
hour-counter
n.
【电】计时器
n.
小时, 钟头
时间, 时期; 时机; (某一)时刻
一小时的行程; 一小时的工作量
[pl. ]钟点; 固定时间; 课时; 工作作息时间;【宗】天主教的定时祈祷, 祈祷文
...点钟
死期, 未日
[the hour]目前, 现在; 时代
【天】赤经十五度
[Hour ]【希神】掌管季节、时序等的女神
- half an hour ([美] a half hour) 半小时
- a quarter of an hour 一刻钟
- every hour or two 每隔一二小时
- school hours 上课时间
- office hours 办公时间
- business hours 营业时间
- dark hours 艰苦的时刻
- golden hours 幸福的日子; “黄金时间”
- combat flying hour 【军】战斗飞行小时
- work for hours at a stretch 一连工作几小时
- help in sb.'s hour of need 在某人困难的时候给予帮助
- the question of the hour 当前的问题
- the happiest hours of one's life 一生中最幸福的(一段)时间
- The hour has come [struck]. 末日已到, 命数已尽。
继承用法
hour-angle
n.
【天】时角
hour-circle
n.
【天】时圈, 子午线
hour-counter
n.
【电】计时器
hour2
adj.
时间的
hourglass
n.
(计时)滴漏, 沙漏
hour-hand
n.
时针
hour-index
n.
时标
hour-long
adj.
一小时长的
hourless
adj.
hourly
adv.
每小时
常常; 时常地
时时地; 随时地
adj.
以小时计的; 每小时一次的
经常的, 不断的; 常常的, 时常的
after hours
办公[营业]时间以后
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
[谚]一日之计在于晨。
at a good hour
恰巧, 正好, 侥幸
at all hours
随时
at odd hours
在闲暇的时候; 偶尔
at the eleventh hour
在最后时刻, 在危急关头
by the hour
按钟点(计算)
by the hour together
连续几小时, 不断地
dead hours
半夜三更, 夜深人静
for hours (and hours)
好几小时
for hours together
一连好几个小时
idle hours
闲暇的时刻
improve the shining hour
利用良好的时机; 充分利用自己的时间; 抓住机会
in a good hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in a happy hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in a lucky hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in an evil hour
不巧, 不幸
in an ill hour
不巧, 不幸
in the hour of need
紧急时刻
keep bad hours
迟出迟归, 晚起晚睡
keep late hours
迟出迟归, 晚起晚睡
keep good hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
keep early hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
keep regular hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
long hours
午夜时候
of the hour
目前的, 现在的, 紧急的
off hours
业余时间
on the hour
准时地, 分秒不差地
one's hours are numbered
活不久了, 寿命不长了
one's hour has come
死期已到, 寿数已尽
one's last hour
生命的最后时刻
out of hours
在上班时间之外
rush hour
交通高峰时刻; 上下班交通最拥挤的时候
serve the hour
随波逐流; 趋炎附势
small hours
下半夜; 凌晨
wee hours
下半夜; 凌晨
stagger office hour
错开办公时间(为避免交通拥挤对工作时间的变更)
stricken hour
整整一小时
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
[谚]黎明之前天最黑。
the hour and the man
危机和能够应付危机的人
the inevitable hour
死期
the trying hour
痛苦艰难的时刻
the unearthly hour
太早, 早得厉害, 早得不象话
the witching hour
午夜
to an hour
恰好(three days to an hour 恰好三天)
to all hours
到深更半夜
till all hours
到深更半夜
zero hour
决定性的时刻, 关键时刻
hour after hour
一小时又一小时, 连续地
hour by hour
一小时一小时地
adj.
时间的
hourglass
n.
(计时)滴漏, 沙漏
hour-hand
n.
时针
hour-index
n.
时标
hour-long
adj.
一小时长的
hourless
adj.
hourly
adv.
每小时
常常; 时常地
时时地; 随时地
adj.
以小时计的; 每小时一次的
经常的, 不断的; 常常的, 时常的
after hours
办公[营业]时间以后
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
[谚]一日之计在于晨。
at a good hour
恰巧, 正好, 侥幸
at all hours
随时
at odd hours
在闲暇的时候; 偶尔
at the eleventh hour
在最后时刻, 在危急关头
by the hour
按钟点(计算)
by the hour together
连续几小时, 不断地
dead hours
半夜三更, 夜深人静
for hours (and hours)
好几小时
for hours together
一连好几个小时
idle hours
闲暇的时刻
improve the shining hour
利用良好的时机; 充分利用自己的时间; 抓住机会
in a good hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in a happy hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in a lucky hour
在幸运的时刻, 在适当的时候
in an evil hour
不巧, 不幸
in an ill hour
不巧, 不幸
in the hour of need
紧急时刻
keep bad hours
迟出迟归, 晚起晚睡
keep late hours
迟出迟归, 晚起晚睡
keep good hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
keep early hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
keep regular hours
早睡早起; 早出早归
long hours
午夜时候
of the hour
目前的, 现在的, 紧急的
off hours
业余时间
on the hour
准时地, 分秒不差地
one's hours are numbered
活不久了, 寿命不长了
one's hour has come
死期已到, 寿数已尽
one's last hour
生命的最后时刻
out of hours
在上班时间之外
rush hour
交通高峰时刻; 上下班交通最拥挤的时候
serve the hour
随波逐流; 趋炎附势
small hours
下半夜; 凌晨
wee hours
下半夜; 凌晨
stagger office hour
错开办公时间(为避免交通拥挤对工作时间的变更)
stricken hour
整整一小时
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
[谚]黎明之前天最黑。
the hour and the man
危机和能够应付危机的人
the inevitable hour
死期
the trying hour
痛苦艰难的时刻
the unearthly hour
太早, 早得厉害, 早得不象话
the witching hour
午夜
to an hour
恰好(three days to an hour 恰好三天)
to all hours
到深更半夜
till all hours
到深更半夜
zero hour
决定性的时刻, 关键时刻
hour after hour
一小时又一小时, 连续地
hour by hour
一小时一小时地
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
hour
小時
小時
- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 科学术语
hour
小時
小時
- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 物理术语
hour
時
時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾)
hour
小時
小時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 电机工程名词
hour
時
時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 电力工程名词
hour
小時
小時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 电子计算机名词
hour
時
時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 海事名词
hour
時
時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 核能名词
hour
小時
小時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 机械工程名词
hour
時
時
- 英语>繁体中文(台湾), 天文学名词
hour
/aʊə/
(hours)
1. 可数名词 An hour is a period of sixty minutes. 小时
- They waited for about two hours. 他们等了大约两个钟头。
- I only slept about half an hour that night. 那天晚上我只睡了大约半个小时。
2. 复数型名词 People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. 很长的一段时间 [强调]
- Getting there would take hours. 到那儿要花很长时间。
3. 单数型名词 A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. 整点
- She'd heard a clock somewhere strike the hour as she'd slipped from her room. 她悄悄地从自己房间里溜出来时，听到某个地方的一只时钟正在整点报时。
4. 单数型名词 You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour. 时间; 时刻 [文学性]
- ...the hour of his execution. …他的死刑执行时间。
5. 可数名词 If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling. (人生中需要帮助、感到幸福等的) 时刻 [文学性]
- He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need. 他回想起她在丈夫需要帮助时所做出的无私奉献。
6. 复数型名词 You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates. (一天中的某个) 时间段
- ...the hours of darkness. …夜间。
- Phone us on this number during office hours. 上班时间给我们打这个电话。
7. 复数型名词 If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. 工作时间
- I worked quite irregular hours. 我的工作时间很不固定。
8. → see also rush hour
9. 习语 If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work. 办公 (或营业) 时间之外
- ...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours. …钢铁工人下班后去休息放松的一家当地餐馆。
10. 习语 If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does. 不分时候 [表不满]
- She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning. 她不希望自己14岁的女儿在半夜凌晨才回家。
11. 习语 If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight. 在凌晨
- Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning. 吉布斯在昨天凌晨被捕。
12. 习语 If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour. 在整点
- During this war in the Persian Gulf, NPR will have newscasts every hour on the hour. 在这场海湾战争期间，美国国家公共广播电台会进行整点新闻报道。
/aʊə/
(hours)
1. 可数名词 An hour is a period of sixty minutes. 小时
- They waited for about two hours. 他们等了大约两个钟头。
- I only slept about half an hour that night. 那天晚上我只睡了大约半个小时。
2. 复数型名词 People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. 很长的一段时间 [强调]
- Getting there would take hours. 到那儿要花很长时间。
3. 单数型名词 A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. 整点
- She'd heard a clock somewhere strike the hour as she'd slipped from her room. 她悄悄地从自己房间里溜出来时，听到某个地方的一只时钟正在整点报时。
4. 单数型名词 You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour. 时间; 时刻 [文学性]
- ...the hour of his execution. …他的死刑执行时间。
5. 可数名词 If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling. (人生中需要帮助、感到幸福等的) 时刻 [文学性]
- He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need. 他回想起她在丈夫需要帮助时所做出的无私奉献。
6. 复数型名词 You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates. (一天中的某个) 时间段
- ...the hours of darkness. …夜间。
- Phone us on this number during office hours. 上班时间给我们打这个电话。
7. 复数型名词 If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. 工作时间
- I worked quite irregular hours. 我的工作时间很不固定。
8. → see also rush hour
9. 习语 If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work. 办公 (或营业) 时间之外
- ...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours. …钢铁工人下班后去休息放松的一家当地餐馆。
10. 习语 If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does. 不分时候 [表不满]
- She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning. 她不希望自己14岁的女儿在半夜凌晨才回家。
11. 习语 If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight. 在凌晨
- Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning. 吉布斯在昨天凌晨被捕。
12. 习语 If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour. 在整点
- During this war in the Persian Gulf, NPR will have newscasts every hour on the hour. 在这场海湾战争期间，美国国家公共广播电台会进行整点新闻报道。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典
