| 单词 | standard time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstandard time standard time n. a standard system of reckoning time adopted throughout a country or region, now based on the time zone in which it is situated; the time as reckoned by such a system; cf. zone time n. ΚΠ 1809 Beau Monde Nov. 84/1 He might get his watch set to the standard time at Greenwich. 1879 S. Fleming Papers on Time-reckoning 13 On a journey from Paris to Vienna..the standard time employed by the railways changes frequently. 1917 Whitaker's Almanack 90/1 Since the year 1883 the system of Standard Time by Zones has been gradually accepted, and now the majority of the countries of the world use as Standard Time the time of some meridian which differs from that of Greenwich by a multiple of 15°. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 415/1 All clocks in the United States were kept one hour ahead of standard time for the interval February 9, 1942–September 30, 1945... Since then, the time in a large part of Europe has been kept one hour ahead of standard zone time without any change during the summer. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 173/2 The Falklands are four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time... From September to April, Stanley goes on daylight-saving time so it's only three hours behind, but camp remains on standard time. < as lemmas |
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