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单词 hour
释义
hour
noun
uk
/aʊər/us
/aʊr/
A1[C]
aperiodof 60minutes:
小时
Theexamlastedan hour and ahalf.考试持续了一个半小时。
There are 24 hours in aday.1天有24小时。
How many hours'sleepdo you need?你需要睡多少个小时？
I'll be back in an hour's/two hours'time(= after one/two hours).我会在一小时／两小时之后回来。
Myhometownis an hour from Houston/an hour away(= ittakesan hour totravelthere).我家乡离休斯顿有一小时的路程。
He getspaidby thehour(= gets aparticularamountofmoneyfor each hour heworks).他拿的是按小时计酬的工资。
Trainsleaveeveryhouron thehour(= atexactlyone o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).火车每小时整点发车。
Busesleaveat tenminutespast/tothehour(= at ten past/to one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).公共汽车每整点过10分／差10分发一班车。
formalWar wasdeclaredat eighteen hundred hours/18.00 hours(= at six o'clock in theevening).宣战时间是晚上6点。
[Cusually plural]
theperiodoftimewhen aparticularactivityhappensor when ashoporpublicbuildingisopen:
（用于做某事的）时间；（商店或公共场所）开放时间
Itrytospendmylunchhourwalking.我试着把午餐时间用在步行上。
office/workinghours办公／工作时间
Ouropeninghours are from 8.00 to 6.00.我们的开放时间是8点到6点。
C2[C]
aparticulartimeduring thedayornight:
（白天或夜里的）某个时间，某个时刻
Who could becallingus at thisunearthly/ungodlyhour(= so late atnight)?谁会在夜里这么晚给我们打电话？
Hereturnedinthe early/smallhours(= atnight, aftermidnight).他凌晨才回来。
work long, regular, unsocial, etc. hours
used todescribehow many hours in thedayyouworkor whatpartof thedayyouwork:
长时间工作／工作时间规律／在其他人不上班的时间工作（等等）
She's anurseso she oftenworksunsocialhours.她是名护士，所以经常要上早班、值夜班。
He'spaidwell but heworkslonghours.他薪水很高，可是工作时间也很长。
I wasworkingerratichours as anon-calldoctor.
Investigatorsworkedlonghourssiftingthroughfilesand otherintelligence.
I can'thostthemeetingeveryweekbecause Iworkirregularhours.
for hours (and hours)B1informal
for a verylongtime:
很长时间
Iwaitedfor him for hours.我等了他很长时间。
Istayedbehind for hoursclearingup alltheirmess.
Wemetin arestaurantandtalkedfor hours and hours.
Thesebuildingblockswillentertainyourkidsfor hours.
I'd beensweatingover ahotstovefor hours toproducethatmeal.
at all hours (of the day and night)C1disapproving
repeatedlyduring thedayand thenight:
整天不断地；昼夜不停地
Theykeepcallingme at all hours (of thedayandnight).他们整天不停地给我打电话。
People go to themosqueat all hours forprayersandcompanionship.
They werehappytoreceiveguestsat all hours of thedayandnight.
Wenoticedcarscoming at going at all hours.
Thehousewasoccupiedbystudents, who came and went at all hours.
More examples
  • Shewalksthedogfor an hour everyafternoon.
  • Thetripfrom York to Newcastletakesabout an hour bytrain.
  • We had toqueuefor three hours to get in.
  • All the newtoyskeptthekidsoccupiedfor hours.
  • As ateacheryou couldexpectto bepaidanywherebetween £7 and £15perhour.
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Days & times of day
Points in time
Working hours
Continue & last
Continually & repeatedly

Idioms

after hours
hour after hour
yourhour has come
(from) hour to hour
insomeone'shour of need
out of hours
until all hours
(Definition ofhourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
hour
noun
uk
/aʊər/us
/aʊr/
A1[C]
aperiodof 60minutes
小时
Theexamlastedan hour and ahalf.考试持续了一个半小时。
There are 24 hours in aday.1天有24小时。
How many hours'sleepdo you need?你需要睡多少个小时？
I'll be back in an hour's/two hours'time(= after one/two hours).我会在一小时／两小时之后回来。
Myhometownis an hour from Houston/an hour away(= ittakesan hour totravelthere).我家乡离休斯顿有一小时的路程。
He getspaidby thehour(= gets aparticularamountofmoneyfor each hour heworks).他拿的是按小时计酬的工资。
Trainsleaveeveryhouron thehour(= atexactlyone o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).火车每小时整点发车。
Busesleaveat tenminutespast/tothehour(= at ten past/to one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).公共汽车每整点过10分／差10分发一班车。
formalWar wasdeclaredat eighteen hundred hours/18.00 hours(= at six o'clock in theevening).宣战时间是晚上6点。
[Cusually plural]
theperiodoftimewhen aparticularactivityhappensor when ashoporpublicbuildingisopen
（用于做某事的）时间；（商店或公共场所）开放时间
Itrytospendmylunchhourwalking.我试着把午餐时间用在步行上。
office/workinghours办公／工作时间
Ouropeninghours are from 8.00 to 6.00.我们的开放时间是8点到6点。
C2[C]
aparticulartimeduring thedayornight
（白天或夜里的）某个时间，某个时刻
Who could becallingus at thisunearthly/ungodlyhour(= so late atnight)?谁会在夜里这么晚给我们打电话？
Hereturnedinthe early/smallhours(= atnight, aftermidnight).他凌晨才回来。
work long, regular, unsocial, etc. hours
used todescribehow many hours in thedayyouworkor whatpartof thedayyouwork
长时间工作／工作时间规律／在其他人不上班的时间工作（等等）
She's anurseso she oftenworksunsocialhours.她是名护士，所以经常要上早班、值夜班。
He'spaidwell but heworkslonghours.他薪水很高，可是工作时间也很长。
for hours (and hours)B1informal
for a verylongtime
很长时间
Iwaitedfor him for hours.我等了他很长时间。
at all hours (of the day and night)C1disapproving
repeatedlyduring thedayand thenight
整天不断地；昼夜不停地
Theykeepcallingme at all hours (of thedayandnight).他们整天不停地给我打电话。
More examples
  • Shewalksthedogfor an hour everyafternoon.
  • Thetripfrom York to Newcastletakesabout an hour bytrain.
  • We had toqueuefor three hours to get in.
  • All the newtoyskeptthekidsoccupiedfor hours.
  • As ateacheryou couldexpectto bepaidanywherebetween £7 and £15perhour.

Idioms

after hours
hour after hour
yourhour has come
(from) hour to hour
insb'shour of need
out of hours
until all hours

hour| American Dictionary

hour
noun[C]
us
/ɑʊər/
(abbreviationhr.)
aperiodof 60minutes:
Take this an hour aftereating.
It’sopen24 hours aday.
Heworkslonghours(=startsworkearly andfinisheslate).
He getspaidby the hour(= for each hourworked).
Busespullout every houron the hour(= at thetimean hourbegins).
An hour can be aperiodoftime, notnecessarily60minutes, when you do something:
alunchhour
An hour can be thedistanceyou cantravelin 60minutes:
SanFrancisco is only acoupleof hours away.

Idioms

hour after hour
hours (and hours)
(Definition ofhourfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhour

hour
The pulse returned after 12 hours of treatment with heparin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Twenty-four hours later, all hemodynamic parameters had returned to the initial values.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One hundred and twenty male and female patients aged over 75 years were recruited within 48 hours of admission.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Twenty four hours after initial exposure, parasitoids were removed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Two (onehour) lectures a week are used for teaching programming.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The data-collection sessions took about 11/2 hours for each student, including the training, think-aloud protocol, and retrospective interview.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This suggests that most changes of working hours took place in full-time or in part-time work.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The behavior of the labor-market variables also improves, with hours now being substantially less correlated with productivity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Branches from the trees were covered with black permeable plastic bags for 12 hours a day.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The procedures used during the two visits were identical, with each session lasting approximately 2 hours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She visits their home and, after anhouror so of closely questioning them, is pretty sure her suspicions are accurate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From the data on number of flowers visited and the number of open flowers we calculated the number of visits per flower perhour.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Indicated are the number of visits per flower for each observationhour, with a different symbol for each observation day.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We used the mean number of visits per flower for eachhouras the variable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Typically, the undergraduates experience only two observation sessions of between two and four hours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithhour

hour

These are words often used in combination withhour.

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daytime hours
At such times, temperatures at the centre site frequently exceeded that of ambient air temperature during daytime hours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
extra hour
We are allowing not only anextrahour, but anextrahourand a half.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
hours of gameplay
The battery pack is capable of lasting 13 hours of gameplay before needing to be recharged.
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Wikipedia
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