1. | [c] 小时60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into |
It will take about an hour to get there. 到那里大约需要一小时。 | |
The interview lasted half an hour. 会见持续了半小时。 | |
It was a three-hour exam. 那是三小时的考试。 | |
I waited for an hour and then I left. 我等了一个小时，然后就走了。 | |
He'll be back in an hour . 他一小时后回来。 | |
We're paid by the hour . 我们是论小时获得报酬的。 | |
The minimum wage was set at £5.80 an hour . 最低工资定为每小时 5.80 英镑。 | |
Top speed is 120 miles per hour . 最高时速为 120 英里。 | |
York was within an hour's drive. 开车到约克不会超过一小时。 | |
Chicago is two hours away(= it takes two hours to get there) . 到芝加哥需要两小时。 | |
We're four hours ahead of New York(= referring to the time difference) . 我们比纽约早四个小时。 | |
We hope to be there within the hour(= in less than an hour) . 我们希望一小时内到达那里。 |
2. | [c][ususing] 约一小时的时间a period of about an hour, used for a particular purpose |
I use the Internet at work, during my lunch hour . 我上班时在午餐时间使用互联网。 |
3. | [pl] （工作、办公等的）固定时间a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc. |
Opening hours are from 10 to 6 each day. 营业时间为每天 10 点到 6 点。 | |
Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours . 多数从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。 | |
What are your office hours ? 你的办公时间是几点到几点？ | |
a hospital's visiting hours 医院的探视时间 | |
Britain's licensing hours(= when pubs are allowed to open) used to be very restricted. 英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。 | |
This is the only place to get a drink after hours(= after the normal closing time for pubs) . 这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。 | |
Clients can now contact us by email out of hours(= when the office is closed) . 现在办公时间以外顾客可以用电邮和我们联系。 |
4. | [pl] 长时间a long time |
It took hours getting there. 花了好长时间才到那里。 | |
I've been waiting for hours . 我等了很久了。 | |
‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh, hours and hours .’ “持续了多久？”“噢，很久很久。” |
5. | [sing] 某个时间a particular point in time |
You can't turn him away at this hour of the night. 天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。 |
6. | [c][ususing] 重要时刻the time when sth important happens |
This was often thought of as the country's finest hour . 一般认为这是该国最美好的一段时光。 | |
She thought her last hour had come. 她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。 | |
Don't desert me in my hour of need . 不要在我困难的时候离开我。 |
7. | [sing] 整点the time when it is exactly 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc. |
There's a bus every hour on the hour . 每小时整点有一班公共汽车。 | |
The clock struck the hour . 钟敲过整点了。 |
8. | [pl] （按 24 小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方用语）点钟used when giving the time according to the 24-hour clock, usually in military or other official language |
The first missile was launched at 2300 hours(= at 11 p.m.) . 首枚导弹是在 23 点（晚上 11 点）发射的。 |
