单词 | clock hour |
释义 | > as lemmasclock hour clock hour n. (a) a whole hour, a full sixty minutes (chiefly English regional (Yorkshire) in the 19th and early 20th centuries, now chiefly U.S. Education); (b) a specific period of sixty minutes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] tidea900 hourc1250 timea1325 hourglass1588 planetary hour1593 clock hour1600 ghurry1638 stricken hour1820 lunar hour1862 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xviii. sig. L2 If he had vsed eight of clock-houres, the Persian Empire might yet haue stood. 1872 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack Sept. in Eng. Dial. Dict. They've been wide wakken a clock haar before ther usual time. 1924 J. H. Wilkinson Leeds Dial. Gloss. 90 Clock-ahr, a clock hour; a full hour. ‘He kept me way-a-tin' (waiting) for him aboon a clock-ahr.’ 1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) XIX. 250 Greater flexibility of programming hours..is afforded by prescribing a total of hours of broadcasting rather than clock-hours. 2013 Jrnl. Law & Econ. 56 374 To maintain certification, MTs must continue to complete 48 clock-hours of continuing education every 4 years. < as lemmas |
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