单词 | quarter-hourly |
释义 | > as lemmasquarter-hourly quarter-hourly adv. and adj. ΚΠ 1851 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1843–50 5 908 In Borneo an observatory was established at Sarawak, where observations were taken quarter-hourly for three months. 1860 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 7 317 This change, if quarter-hourly records be required, will make it necessary to re-wind the clock too often. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Jan. 41 The quarter-hourly chimes of the clock had prevented him from having a single decent night's sleep in six years. < as lemmas |
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