o'clockadv.n.

Brit.

/əˈklɒk/, U.S.

/əˈklɑk/

Forms:

α. See of prep. and clock n.¹ and adv.

β. late Middle English a kloke, late Middle English–1700s a clocke, 1500s a'clocke, 1500s–1700s aclock, 1500s–1800s a clock, 1600s–1700s aclocke.

γ. 1500s 1700s–1800s oclock, 1700s– o'clock, 1700s– o' clock.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: of prep., clock n.¹ and adv.

Etymology: < of prep. + clock n.¹ and adv. (compare sense Phrases 1a at that entry).

a. Of or according to the clock: used to express time, after a numeral indicating the hour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [adverb] > o'clock

of the clock1384

at (the) clockc1405

o'clock1419

of the bell1422

clock1629

α.

1419 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 77 (MED) Let hem arraye..and come to seint dunstanes in þe Est a monday þat next comeþ, at eyghte of clok.

1462 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 167 I haue knowlage that Cirstofre Hanson is passid to God on Saterday last past at ij off clok after mydnythe.

a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 16 Ther thei faughte, from iiij. of clokke in the mornynge unto x. of clokke the fore-none.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 2 It is sixe of clocke, full supper time.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. iii. 31 Eleven of clock at night.

β. ?1471 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 121 (MED) I must be with my lord by vij a kloke.a1560 T. Hancock in Narr. Reformation (1859) 82 Ther were dawncyng in the cowrte at 9 a'clocke thatt were deadd or aleven a'clocke.1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xvii. 263 So manie strokes as the holder thinketh it a clocke.1593 T. Fale Horologiographia Advt. to Rdr. sig. A4^v The Meridian and twelue a clocke line are all one.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Its sixe a clocke: I should haue caried two turnes by this. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 40 Uppon Munday by viii a clocke.1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune v. i. 66 Almost 4 a Clock and a dark cloudy morning.1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. ii. 18 Sea-Breezes commonly rise in the Morning about Nine a Clock.1741 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius I. 3 Coming into college at ten or eleven a clock at night.1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 149 It was reportit, that there was to be seen every morning at two a clock, [etc.].γ. 1560 in J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (1864) III. 240 Those boys who choose it may rise at four oclock to gather May branches.1608 Merry Devil Edmonton in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 251 Well, 'tis nine o'clock, 'tis time to ring curfew.a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 87 About 8 o'clock in the afternoone (somer time) he comaunded the horse to come home and make readie.1704 W. M. Female Wits i. 1 Is it not past nine o'clock? Must not I be at the rehearsal by ten, brainless?1785 G. Van Cortlandt Let. 21 Oct. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 503 We got in town Wednesday 1 oclock had a very agreeable passage—the new sloop sails finely, beats all.1836 Penny Cycl. V. 125/2 The Council of Elders met at six o'clock in the morning of the 18 Brumaire at the Tuileries.1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxiv. 459 Somebody remarked that it was twenty minutes past five o'clock.1900 W. Cather Eric Hermannson's Soul in S. O'Brien Willa Cather Stories (1987) 101 Taking the carriage at four to catch the six o'clock train out of Riverton.1964 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker (rev. ed.) 40 Shearing started at two o'clock.1990 F. Kanga Trying to Grow xvi. 154 ‘He won't have the time, Sera. He's got an orgy slated for eight o'clock,’ shrieked Dolly.

b. In direct and indirect questions. † what is o'clock?: what is the time? (obsolete). what o'clock is it?: what time is it? Also in extended use: to know (also find) what o'clock it is: to know (or discover) the real state of things. Now historical and rare.

ΚΠ

β.

c1525 Vox Populi 374 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) III. 281 I knowe not whates a clocke, But by the countre cocke.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. x. sig. Liii^v She..opened the locke, And lookt in the bag, what it was a clocke.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Diall set vpon a chymney or wall to knowe what is a clocke by the sunne, sciotericon.

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xxiv. sig. N3 At your seruice, hath beene so conuersant, as one asking, what's a Clock?

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 293 I pray you, what i'st a clocke ?

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Ff8 To know what a Clock it was.

1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 443 A drowzy Watchman, that just gives a knock, And breaks our rest, to tell us what's a clock.

γ. 1718 M. Prior Alma iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 369 'Tis the Stomach's solid Stroke, That tells his Being, what's a Clock.1739 H. Baker Cheats of Scapin ii. v. 219 Leander. Did you keep the Watch? Scapin. Yes, Sir, that I might see what o'clock it is.1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whatten o'clock is't?1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. II. 33 Our governor's wide awake, he is... He knows what's o'clock.1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind i. 3 When he woke he got up like an earthquake, and then young Diamond knew what o'clock it was.1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 94 You've learnt your lesson, found out what's o'clock.1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. iii. 47 ‘Halloa!’ he cried, excitedly, drawing the window curtain to one side. ‘What o'clock were those curtains drawn?’1932 E. Le Gallienne & F. Friebus Alice in Wonderland i. 32 What a funny watch! It tells the days of the month and doesn't tell what o'clock it is.1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xvi. 238 He saw Miss Morville rise from a chair beside the fire, and cross the room towards him, and said faintly: ‘Good heavens, what o'clock is it?’2002 J. Burke Eighteen (2004) 289 You may call me a rattlepate and tell me I don't know what's o'clock.

c. colloquial. With specifying adjective, as stupid o'clock, silly o'clock, etc. An unreasonably, excessively, or inconveniently early or late hour.

ΚΠ

1994 Broadcast 2 Sept. 24/4 With the festival over it is time to set aside the alcoholic enlightenment with Richard Whiteley at silly o'clock in the bar.

1994 Re: Mstable Movies in rec.arts.tv.mst3k (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Oct. Makes dealing with freshman (high school) French classes for two hours at stupid o'clock in the morning well worth it.

2004 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 18 May 11 At the Moulin Rouge, the crew and cast call the hour they leave the venue after packing up from the last show ‘stupid o'clock’.

2006 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 34 Did I mention I start at daft o'clock, meaning I'd have to trudge to the bus stop at even dafter o'clock.

2014 K. Hardy Behind Film Star's Smile 84 You know you can always call me at stupid o'clock if you need me.

2. In extended use: used following a numeral to indicate direction, bearing, etc., in various contexts, with reference to the position of the numeral 12 on an imaginary clock-face, this being usually thought of as directly above or in front of the observer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction from a point of reference > with reference to the numbers on a clock

o'clock1704

1704 Dict. Rusticum at Lapis calaminaris The Courses, Seams, or Rakes, as they call them, sometime lie at nine a Clock.

1797 W. G. Maton Observ. Western Counties Eng. II. 129 The veins..run in a direction pretty nearly from south-east to north-west, or to use the terms of the miners themselves, lie at nine o'clock.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 8/2 A..stiff breeze..called ‘eleven o'clock wind’..that is to say, supposing the target to be marked like the dial of a clock, the wind would blow..in the direction of the figure 11.

1893 Daily News 21 July 5/6 Surridge got a bull ‘just in at ten o'clock’, to use the spotter's descriptive slang.

1913 A. G. Fulton Notes on Rifle Shooting 15 If the bull can be seen without much difficulty a 6 o'clock aim is probably the best.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 44 O'clock. Used thus, ‘Ten bandits at 6 o'clock’ means ten enemy aircraft immediately below the recipient of the message.

1970 M. Kelly Spinifex vii. 119 ‘Black rock. Eight o'clock. One hundred metres!’ He'd instinctively ranged artillery in another war.

1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Aug. 513/2 Three quarters of the lesions are located around the openings of the Bartholin ducts or between them posteriorly (usually between 4 and 8 o'clock).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oclock
释义	o'clockadv.n. Brit. /əˈklɒk/, U.S. /əˈklɑk/ Forms: α. See of prep. and clock n.¹ and adv. β. late Middle English a kloke, late Middle English–1700s a clocke, 1500s a'clocke, 1500s–1700s aclock, 1500s–1800s a clock, 1600s–1700s aclocke. γ. 1500s 1700s–1800s oclock, 1700s– o'clock, 1700s– o' clock. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: of prep., clock n.¹ and adv. Etymology: < of prep. + clock n.¹ and adv. (compare sense Phrases 1a at that entry). 1. a. Of or according to the clock: used to express time, after a numeral indicating the hour. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [adverb] > o'clock of the clock1384 at (the) clockc1405 o'clock1419 of the bell1422 clock1629 α. 1419 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 77 (MED) Let hem arraye..and come to seint dunstanes in þe Est a monday þat next comeþ, at eyghte of clok. 1462 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 167 I haue knowlage that Cirstofre Hanson is passid to God on Saterday last past at ij off clok after mydnythe. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 16 Ther thei faughte, from iiij. of clokke in the mornynge unto x. of clokke the fore-none. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 2 It is sixe of clocke, full supper time. View more context for this quotation 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. iii. 31 Eleven of clock at night. β. ?1471 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 121 (MED) I must be with my lord by vij a kloke.a1560 T. Hancock in Narr. Reformation (1859) 82 Ther were dawncyng in the cowrte at 9 a'clocke thatt were deadd or aleven a'clocke.1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xvii. 263 So manie strokes as the holder thinketh it a clocke.1593 T. Fale Horologiographia Advt. to Rdr. sig. A4^v The Meridian and twelue a clocke line are all one.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Its sixe a clocke: I should haue caried two turnes by this. View more context for this quotationc1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 40 Uppon Munday by viii a clocke.1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune v. i. 66 Almost 4 a Clock and a dark cloudy morning.1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. ii. 18 Sea-Breezes commonly rise in the Morning about Nine a Clock.1741 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius I. 3 Coming into college at ten or eleven a clock at night.1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 149 It was reportit, that there was to be seen every morning at two a clock, [etc.].γ. 1560 in J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (1864) III. 240 Those boys who choose it may rise at four oclock to gather May branches.1608 Merry Devil Edmonton in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 251 Well, 'tis nine o'clock, 'tis time to ring curfew.a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 87 About 8 o'clock in the afternoone (somer time) he comaunded the horse to come home and make readie.1704 W. M. Female Wits i. 1 Is it not past nine o'clock? Must not I be at the rehearsal by ten, brainless?1785 G. Van Cortlandt Let. 21 Oct. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 503 We got in town Wednesday 1 oclock had a very agreeable passage—the new sloop sails finely, beats all.1836 Penny Cycl. V. 125/2 The Council of Elders met at six o'clock in the morning of the 18 Brumaire at the Tuileries.1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxiv. 459 Somebody remarked that it was twenty minutes past five o'clock.1900 W. Cather Eric Hermannson's Soul in S. O'Brien Willa Cather Stories (1987) 101 Taking the carriage at four to catch the six o'clock train out of Riverton.1964 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker (rev. ed.) 40 Shearing started at two o'clock.1990 F. Kanga Trying to Grow xvi. 154 ‘He won't have the time, Sera. He's got an orgy slated for eight o'clock,’ shrieked Dolly. b. In direct and indirect questions. † what is o'clock?: what is the time? (obsolete). what o'clock is it?: what time is it? Also in extended use: to know (also find) what o'clock it is: to know (or discover) the real state of things. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ β. c1525 Vox Populi 374 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) III. 281 I knowe not whates a clocke, But by the countre cocke. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. x. sig. Liii^v She..opened the locke, And lookt in the bag, what it was a clocke. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Diall set vpon a chymney or wall to knowe what is a clocke by the sunne, sciotericon. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xxiv. sig. N3 At your seruice, hath beene so conuersant, as one asking, what's a Clock? a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 293 I pray you, what i'st a clocke ? View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Ff8 To know what a Clock it was. 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 443 A drowzy Watchman, that just gives a knock, And breaks our rest, to tell us what's a clock. γ. 1718 M. Prior Alma iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 369 'Tis the Stomach's solid Stroke, That tells his Being, what's a Clock.1739 H. Baker Cheats of Scapin ii. v. 219 Leander. Did you keep the Watch? Scapin. Yes, Sir, that I might see what o'clock it is.1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whatten o'clock is't?1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. II. 33 Our governor's wide awake, he is... He knows what's o'clock.1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind i. 3 When he woke he got up like an earthquake, and then young Diamond knew what o'clock it was.1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 94 You've learnt your lesson, found out what's o'clock.1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. iii. 47 ‘Halloa!’ he cried, excitedly, drawing the window curtain to one side. ‘What o'clock were those curtains drawn?’1932 E. Le Gallienne & F. Friebus Alice in Wonderland i. 32 What a funny watch! It tells the days of the month and doesn't tell what o'clock it is.1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xvi. 238 He saw Miss Morville rise from a chair beside the fire, and cross the room towards him, and said faintly: ‘Good heavens, what o'clock is it?’2002 J. Burke Eighteen (2004) 289 You may call me a rattlepate and tell me I don't know what's o'clock. c. colloquial. With specifying adjective, as stupid o'clock, silly o'clock, etc. An unreasonably, excessively, or inconveniently early or late hour. ΚΠ 1994 Broadcast 2 Sept. 24/4 With the festival over it is time to set aside the alcoholic enlightenment with Richard Whiteley at silly o'clock in the bar. 1994 Re: Mstable Movies in rec.arts.tv.mst3k (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Oct. Makes dealing with freshman (high school) French classes for two hours at stupid o'clock in the morning well worth it. 2004 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 18 May 11 At the Moulin Rouge, the crew and cast call the hour they leave the venue after packing up from the last show ‘stupid o'clock’. 2006 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 34 Did I mention I start at daft o'clock, meaning I'd have to trudge to the bus stop at even dafter o'clock. 2014 K. Hardy Behind Film Star's Smile 84 You know you can always call me at stupid o'clock if you need me. 2. In extended use: used following a numeral to indicate direction, bearing, etc., in various contexts, with reference to the position of the numeral 12 on an imaginary clock-face, this being usually thought of as directly above or in front of the observer. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction from a point of reference > with reference to the numbers on a clock o'clock1704 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Lapis calaminaris The Courses, Seams, or Rakes, as they call them, sometime lie at nine a Clock. 1797 W. G. Maton Observ. Western Counties Eng. II. 129 The veins..run in a direction pretty nearly from south-east to north-west, or to use the terms of the miners themselves, lie at nine o'clock. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 8/2 A..stiff breeze..called ‘eleven o'clock wind’..that is to say, supposing the target to be marked like the dial of a clock, the wind would blow..in the direction of the figure 11. 1893 Daily News 21 July 5/6 Surridge got a bull ‘just in at ten o'clock’, to use the spotter's descriptive slang. 1913 A. G. Fulton Notes on Rifle Shooting 15 If the bull can be seen without much difficulty a 6 o'clock aim is probably the best. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 44 O'clock. Used thus, ‘Ten bandits at 6 o'clock’ means ten enemy aircraft immediately below the recipient of the message. 1970 M. Kelly Spinifex vii. 119 ‘Black rock. Eight o'clock. One hundred metres!’ He'd instinctively ranged artillery in another war. 1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Aug. 513/2 Three quarters of the lesions are located around the openings of the Bartholin ducts or between them posteriorly (usually between 4 and 8 o'clock). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.1419
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