clock

clock1
noun
  1. a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds, typically by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures
    钟，时钟
    ■(the clock)time taken as a factor in an activity, especially in competitive sports
    （尤指体育比赛的）时间段
    this stage is played against the clock.
    这一段比赛争分夺秒。
    ■(informal)a measuring device resembling a clock for recording things other than time, such as a speedometer, taximeter, or milometer
    (非正式)仪表（如速度计，计程器，里程表）
    a car with over 82,000 miles on the clock.
    里程表上显示超过82,000英里的小轿车。
  2. (Brit.)a downy spherical seed head, especially that of a dandelion
    (英)（尤指蒲公英的）绒毛头
  3. (Brit. informal)a person's face
    (英，非正式)人脸
verb
[with obj.](informal)(非正式)
  1. attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed)
    达到；记录下（一定时间，距离，速度）
    Thomas has clocked up forty years service.
    托马斯工作已达40年了。
    [no obj.]this is a generous CD, clocking in at more than 60 minutes.
    这张唱片容量真大，共计60多分钟。
    ■achieve (a victory)
    获（胜）
    he clocked up his first win of the year.
    他取得了今年的第一次胜利。
    ■record as attaining a specified time or rate
    记录（时间，速度）
    the tower operators clocked a gust at 185 mph.
    塔上操作员记录下每小时185英里的风速。
  2. (Brit. informal)notice or watch
    (英，非正式)注意；看
    I noticed him clocking her in the mirror.
    我注意到他在镜中审视她。
  3. (informal, chiefly Brit.)hit (someone), especially on the head
    (非正式，主英)击打（某人）（尤指击打头部）
    someone clocked him for no good reason.
    有人毫无理由地打了他。
  4. (Brit. informal)wind back the milometer of (a car) illegally in order to make the vehicle appear to have travelled fewer miles than it really has
    (英，非正式)把（汽车）的里程表往回拨
常用词组
round (或 around) the clock
  1. all day and all night
    日夜不停地
    I've got a team working around the clock.
    我手下有一组人日夜工作。
turn (或 put) back the clock
  1. return to the past or to a previous way of doing things
    时光倒流，回到从前；守旧规
watch the clock
  1. another way of saying clock-watch
    同 clock-watch
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca 'bell'
继承用法
clock in (或 英 on)
  1. register one's arrival at work, especially by means of an automatic recording clock
    上班打卡记时
    staff should clock in on arrival.
    员工到达时应打卡记时。
clock out (或 英 off)
  1. register one's departure from work in a similar way
    下班打卡记时
    she clocks off to go home.
    她打卡下班回家。
clock2
noun
  1. (dated)an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle
    (旧)长袜侧边的织（或绣）花图案；短袜袜筒处的织（或绣）花图案
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin
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