| 单词 | to clock up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clock up to clock up 1. transitive. To attain or register (a particular time, speed, or distance). ΚΠ 1918 Motorcycle & Bicycle Illustr. 1 Aug. 30/1 H. B. Putnam came all the way from Boston on his Harley-Davidson.., clocking up 600 miles of continuous riding. 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xii. 81 It's quite a trip—I clocked up a hundred and fifteen. 1988 Amer. Motorcyclist Oct. 18/2 With my chest crouched down against the tank, it could clock up a speed of 160 mph with ease. 2015 Time Out London 21 Apr. 30/4 Noelle Poulson clocked up 399.8 miles over 175 hours by walking every street within the Congestion Zone. 2. transitive. To reach (a particular number or amount) of something; to achieve or accumulate (something). ΚΠ 1969 K. Tynan Let. 1 Apr. (1994) vi. 439 We did get the play on, and squeezed 130-odd performances out of it—although, with the notices we got, we ought to have clocked up 300. 1989 A. Stevenson Bitter Fame iii. 41 Feverishly adrift in a bewildering and unnatural world, she was clocking up experiences so quickly she had neither time nor energy to write them down. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 129/1 Local produce clocks up fewer food miles, plus it's likely to be fresher than produce from far away. < as lemmas |
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