hour

n

• ① 1小时(参照minute¹; second³)2[通常用复数形](以24小时表示的)时刻(★前两个数字表「时」,后两个数字表「分」)3[the hour]正时(★即「…时00分」)
  • There are 60 minutes in one hour.一小时有六十分。
  • There are 24 hours in a day.一天有二十四小时。
  • half an hour=【美】a half hour半小时
  • I've been waiting for hours (and hours).我一连等了好几个钟头。
  • for hours together一连好几小时
  • The lake is an hour [an hour's walk] from here.该湖离这儿有一小时(徒步)的路程。
  • Long hours of hard work have made his shoulders broad and muscular.长时间的辛勤工作使他的肩膀变宽,肌肉发达。
  • as of 0300 hour到上午三时止(★读做oh three hundred hours)
  • at 1600 hours于十六时,于下午四时(★读做 sixteen hundred hours)
  • 1036 hours在上午十时三十六分(★读作ten-thirty-six hours)
  • This clock strikes the hours.这时钟于每小时整报时。
  • The accident happened between a quarter to ten and the hour.那件事故发生在九时四十五分和十时之间。

• ② 1[the hour]现在,目前2[the hour, one's hour]重要时刻,决定的时候;死期
  • the question of the hour目前的问题
  • the man of the hour时代人物,当今热门人物
  • books of the hour目前风行的书籍
  • The hour has come.决定的时候来到了。
  • His hour has come.他的死期到了。

• ③ 时刻;钟点
  • ask the hour问时间
  • at an early [a late] hour?在很早[很晚]时
  • Where are you going at this hour?这个时刻你还往哪里去?
  • What's the hour?几点钟了?

• ④ 1[用复数形]办公等的时间2通常(做某事)的时间
  • They're demanding shorter working hours.他们在要求较短的工作时间。
  • during business [office, school] hours在营业[上班、上课]时间
  • Visiting hours in the hospital are from 2 to 4 p.m.医院里的探访时间是下午二时至四时。
  • I'm going to the post office in my lunch hour.我要在午餐时间到邮局去。
  • my usual hour for bed我通常就寝的时间
  • What are the hours in your office?你公司的办公时间是几点到几点?

• ⑤ 时候;时期;时光
  • golden hours黄金时刻,绝好的时候
  • in the hour of adversity在逆境时
  • He helped me in my hour of need.他在我困苦时帮助了我。
  • Those were the darkest [happiest] hours of my life.那些是我一生中最黑暗[幸福]的时期。

• ⑥ 【天主教】定时的祈祷