the hour

the hour
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
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
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。
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
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
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