| 单词 | internal clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinternal clock internal clock n. (a) a person's sense of the time of day; (b) Biology the physiological mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of circadian or seasonal rhythms (cf. biological clock n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > person's innate sense of time time1815 internal clock1873 1873 J. C. Boyce Frost & Thaw xiii. 256 The old man..was moreover made conscious, by the monitions of an internal clock, that it was time for him to take some refreshment. 1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity vi. 123 I suppose he works according to his own internal clock. 1990 Sci. Amer. Apr. 67/1 Once it had been determined that an internal clock controls the sensitivity of the Limulus eye, work began to elucidate the mechanisms underlying that control. 2012 Daily Tel. 17 Sept. 25/2 Blue light has an alerting effect. It delays the internal clock in the brain so that our sleeping pattern is delayed and the alarm seems to go off too early in the morning. < as lemmas |
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