| 词汇 | clocking |
| 释义 | clocking present participle ofclock clock verb[ T ] uk /klɒk/ us /klɑːk/ clockverb[T] (TIME)to take a particular time exactly to do or complete something: 用时;达到（某一时间） He clocked ten seconds in the 100 metres (= he ran it in ten seconds).他100米跑了10秒。 Watches & clocks 24-hour clock against the clockidiom alarm alarm clock at/on the stroke of somethingidiom atomic clock clock horology hour hand hourglass jewel military time minute hand movement stroke timekeeper timepiece turn the clocks backphrase twenty-four-hour clock unsynchronized clockverb[T] (SPEED)to show or reach a particular speed or distance on a measuring device: 显示，达到（某一速度或里程） [ + -ing verb ]The police clocked him doing 80 mph in a 50 mph area.警察测出他在限速每小时50英里的地区开到了时速80英里。 clock (up)Jim's car has clocked (up) (= travelled) 40,000 miles in less than two years.吉姆的车不到两年跑了4万英里。 Speed of motion airspeed at full/half throttleidiom briskness burst of speed celerity clip clock ground speed hypersonic hypervelocity instantaneous velocity light speed linear velocity pace speed speediness supersonically swiftness velocity zip clockverb[T] (HIT)informal to hit someone, especially on the head or face: 打，揍，击（尤指头部或脸部） clock someone oneThen the other guy turned round and clocked him one (= hit him).这时，另一个家伙转过身来揍了他一顿。 Hitting and beating at-risk bang away bang someone up basher bashing bunch butt fetch gut punch head-butt hell kick mess nail swing tan someone's hideidiom tonk wallop whop whup Phrasal verbsclock in clock out clock something up Examples of clockingclocking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Among the variables concerned with the clocking there are a few that merit special mention. The speed of computation, however, is not only measured by clocking hardware; it also depends on numerical stability, and for iterative methods, on convergence rates. Clocking in at almost 600 pages, the book is packed with data and analyses of utmost importance to any student of creole languages and related phonomena. L emma 12 more or less tells us how to carry out the clocking. Are we to have a system of "clocking on", as it were, when we leave on a walk and "clocking off" when we return? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is to stop us from clocking in and then clearing off again? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While one is waiting to go to court, the gas meter is clocking up and a very considerable debt can begin to accumulate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a cynical clocking up of the hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clocking means that a considerable amount of time is wasted by trading standards officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, at least it gives me the chance of clocking up yet another speech, so it is double-edged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not 20 years clocking up discounts to buy their own property; that is not 20 years clocking up the right to buy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he therefore agree that we need some further measure to prevent the practice of clocking which goes on in the second-hand car trade? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is merely a question of clocking in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hours of work have of course therefore never before been measured; it does not have a clocking-on and clocking-off mentality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn now to the subject of clocking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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