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词汇 zero-hour
释义 zero hour
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈzɪə.rəʊ ˌaʊər/ us /ˈzɪr.oʊ ˌaʊr/
the time at which something, especially some type of military activity, is planned to begin行动开始时间;(尤指军事行动的)发动时刻
Indian English
in the Indian parliament, the time during which members of parliament can ask questions without arranging to ask them first(印度议会的)自由问答时间
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Describing when something happened or will happen

Examples of zero hour


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Whoever was responsible managed to send that ship up the river almost exactly at zerohour.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Some time ago, the dockers of a certain port were begged to get a ship ready to join a convoy by zerohour.
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The ship was got ready to sail; but when zerohour came, did it sail?
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Artillery fire was lifted ten minutes before zerohour so as not to hit them, and field artillery two minutes before.
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Zerohour for landing was to be 04:50 and re-embarkation was timed for 07:30 two hours and forty minutes for the commando operation.
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Zerohour was postponed after the attacking force lost its way.
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Therefore, zerohour was to be half an hour later for the inner than the outer beaches.
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This was less than half an hour after zerohour.
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The engine's previous operating history is maintained and it is returned with zero hours since major overhaul.
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That rather imposes a zerohour with regard to the starting time for selection.
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September of next year is the zerohour in this matter.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Zerohour will be the day when the public will be required to fill in the form—that is 12 days from the beginning.
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Zerohour was once more modified and set at midnight.
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