clocked
past simple and past participle ofclock
| 单词 | clocked |
| 释义 | clocked past simple and past participle ofclock clock verb[T] uk/klɒk/us/klɑːk/clockverb[T](TIME)to take aparticulartimeexactlyto do orcompletesomething: He clocked tensecondsin the 100metres(= heranit in tenseconds). Watches & clocks
clockverb[T](SPEED)to show orreachaparticularspeedordistanceon ameasuringdevice: [+ -ing verb]Thepoliceclocked him doing80mphin a 50mpharea. Jim'scarhas clocked (up)(=travelled)40,000milesin less than twoyears. Speed of motion
clockverb[T](HIT)informal tohitsomeone,especiallyon theheadorface: Then the otherguyturnedround and clocked himone(=hithim). Hitting and beating
Phrasal verbsclock in clock out clocksomethingup Examplesofclockedclocked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The simplest approach is to limit attention to synchronousclockedsystems with a discrete representation of time. From theCambridge English Corpus Stopwatch in hand, heclockedfourteen successive bouts of intercourse at a rate of five seconds per act, with mere five-second intervals between acts. From theCambridge English Corpus But the retributive principle we are imagining is not concerned with what isclockedup on the sentencing aggregate. From theCambridge English Corpus The organisation that had sold me the car denied all knowledge of the circumstances in which it had beenclocked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trench was in the factory, between the gate where sheclockedin and the shed where she had to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The case dragged on and had many worrying elements, whichclockedup enormous and needless expense to taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year theyclockedup about £80 million of surplus, devalued in their pockets subsequently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1978–79 it carried nearly 16 million passengers andclockedup 36,000 million revenue passenger kilometres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now he has nowclockedup a total of £10.7 billion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not trust a word of what her "freebie" states as regards how one tells whether a speedo has beenclocked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They haveclocked-in and got away with their money without doing the work for which they were being paid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Printersclockedin using fictitious names, so that they could double-charge on social security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I belong to the small but shamefaced club whose members are people who have boughtclockedcars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trading standards officer could not demonstrate that the vendor had sold the car knowing it to beclockedand was guilty of an offence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1991, a total of 469,620 tourist nights wereclockedup, and £9·457 million was spent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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