Clock

[klɒk] or [klɑk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a timepiece that shows the time of day.

(verb.) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; 'he clocked the runners'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.

(n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes.

(n.) The striking of a clock.

(n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

(v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

(v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck.

(n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

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解釋/意思:

n. a beetle—common name in Scotland.

n. a machine for measuring time marking the time by the position of its 'hands' upon the dial-plate or by the striking of a hammer on a bell: (Shak.) the striking of the hour.—n. Clock′work the works or machinery of a clock: machinery steady and regular like that of a clock.—adj. automatic.—Go like clockwork to go along smoothly and without a hitch.—Know what o'clock it is to be wide awake to know how things are.

n. an ornament worked on the side of a stocking.—adj. Clocked ornamented with clocks.

v.i. (Scot.) to cluck: to hatch.—n. Clock′er a clocking hen.

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