单词 | time difference |
释义 | > as lemmastime difference time difference n. (a) a difference in or with regard to time; (b) the difference in standard time between one location and another, esp. when these lie in different time zones. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day > time-difference time difference1860 time change1928 1860 National Rev. Jan. 63 Every one, we suppose, must feel that a time-difference is not the only difference between virtue and prudence. 1874 W. M. Davis Nimrod of Sea xxiv. 280 We..carried him to the Sandwich Islands,..a difference of seventy degrees, or a time difference of four hours. 1893 World (N.Y.) 3 Nov. 1/4 The time difference of 4 hours and 35 minutes between Sandy Hook and Brow Head. 1915 Pop. Mech. May 752 (heading) Time Difference between Washington and Paris. 1953 Encounter Nov. 9/1 The Tokyo Evening News..capitalises on the time-difference between Japan, America, and Europe to be up-to-the-minute with the news. 2010 D. Steel Legacy xxiii. 319 It was a six-hour flight, with a six-hour time difference from New York. < as lemmas |
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