Hour
['aʊə] or ['aʊɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; 'we live an hour from the airport'; 'its just 10 minutes away'.
(noun.) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; 'the job will take more than an hour'.
(noun.) clock time; 'the hour is getting late'.
(noun.) a special and memorable period; 'it was their finest hour'.
手打:鲁迪--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
(n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
(n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
(n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
(n.) A measure of distance traveled.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Sixty minutes, twenty-fourth part of a day.
手打:奥齐
解釋/意思:
n. 60 min. or the 24th part of a day: the time indicated by a clock &c.: an hour's journey or three miles: a time or occasion; (pl. myth.) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours: set times of prayer the canonical hours the offices or services prescribed for these or a book containing them.—ns. Hour′-cir′cle a circle passing through the celestial poles and fixed relatively to the earth: the circle of an equatorial which shows the hour-angle of the point to which the telescope is directed; Hour′-glass an instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand from one glass vessel into another; Hour′-hand the hand which shows the hour on a clock &c.—adj. Hour′ly happening or done every hour: frequent.—adv. every hour: frequently.—n. Hour′plate the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked: the dial.—At the eleventh hour at the last moment possible (Matt. xx. 6 9); In a good or evil hour acting under a fortunate or an unfortunate impulse—from the old belief in astrological influences; Keep good hours to go to bed and to rise early: to lead a quiet and regular life; The hour is come the destined day of fate has come (John xiii. 1); The small hours the early hours of the morning; Three hours service a service held continuously on Good Friday from noon to 3 P.M. in commemoration of the time of Christ's agony on the cross.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I was punctual to the luncheon hour on Tuesday. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The Redan was within rifle-shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I left Cairo within an hour or two after the receipt of this dispatch, going by rail via Indianapolis. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On succeeding days longer flights were made, one of two miles at a speed of forty-six miles an hour. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- How do Chimes Strike the Hour? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- For an hour I have heard the sounds of conflict within the palace. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The last hour was the longeSt. And yet, at last it passed. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- No sound was heard from the room until eleven-twenty, the hour of the return of Lady Maynooth and her daughter. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I am deeply sensible of your generosity, and I shall treasure its remembrance to my dying hour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Odessa is about twenty hours' run from Sebastopol, and is the most northerly port in the Black Sea. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- All through school hours I make mistakes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Some fearful hours went over me: indescribably was I torn, racked and oppressed in mind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Much relieved when the two hours were at last accomplished, he went away at a quick pace, as a recompense for so much loitering. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Upon this machine 10,010 button holes have been made in nine hours and fifty minutes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Don't be afraid, dear, he said good-naturedly; it is but a twelve hours' passage. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- They had not been at home many hours, when he presented himself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- One of these happened in 1883 and lasted three hours. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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