hour

hour
noun

a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes
小时
York is within an hour's drive.
去约克开车不到一小时。
rates of pay were low, starting at £3.20 an hour.
报酬很低，起价每小时1.2英镑。
[as modifier, usu. with preceding numeral]a two-hour operation.
两小时的手术。
■a more indefinite period of time
一段时间
during the early hours of the morning.
在凌晨这段时间。
■the distance travelled in one hour
1小时的路程
by car Hull is only an hour away.
开车去赫尔只要1小时。
a point in time
时刻
I wondered if my last hour had come.
我想知道我的最后时刻是否来临了。
■a time of day or night
（白天或晚上的某个）时间
you can't turn him away at this hour.
在这个时候你不能把他拒之门外。
■a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday
（从午夜或正午算起的）整点，…点整
the clock in the sitting room struck the hour.
起居室的钟在整点报时。
■(hours)[with preceding numeral]a time so specified on the 24 hour clock
在24小时计时制的钟上的准点时间
the first bomb fell at 0051 hours.
第一颗炸弹在零点51分整投落。
■the time as formerly reckoned from sunrise
（以前）从太阳升起计算的时间
it was about the ninth hour.
太阳升起约有九个小时了。
■the appropriate time for some specific action
（某一具体行动的）合适的时间
now that the hour had come, David decided he could not face it.
既然时候到了，戴维决定他无法面对。
[usu. with modifier]a period set aside for some purpose or marked by some activity
（为某一目的或某一活动留出的）一段时间
leisure hours.
娱乐时间。
■(hours)a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc
（为某一活动，例如工作、建筑物的使用等的）一段固定时间
licensing hours.
发放许可证时间。
(一般作 hours)(in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities
（天主教）（尤指在宗教团体内）（在一天的某一特定时间）唱圣歌和做祈祷
(Astronomy)15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle)
(天文)经度（或赤经）15°（圆的1/24 ）

常用词组
all hours

most of the time, especially outside the time considered usual for something
（尤指在通常做某事的时间之外的）大部分时间
teenagers expect to be allowed to stay out to all hours.
青少年希望被允许大部分时间待在外面。

keep late (或regular) hours

do the same thing, typically getting up and going to bed, late or at the same time every day
每天做同一件事情（多指起床和睡觉）很晚（或有规律）

on the hour

at an exact hour, or on each hour, of the day or night
（白天、晚上）在整点，在每一小时
after a period of one hour
在一小时后

within the hour

after less than an hour
在不到一小时后

语源

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French ure, via Latin from Greek hōra 'season, hour'

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