| 单词 | to punch the clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto punch the (or a) clock a. transitive. to punch the (or a) clock: to clock in or out; (hence) to work (habitually), have a regular job.Quot. 1890 refers to a device used to record the times of a watchman's visits; cf. clock n.1 1f. ΚΠ 1890 N.Y. Times 26 Nov. 9/2 For years it has been the practice for the night watch, with the exception of one man, who punched the clock, to sleep during the hours prescribed for active service. 1927 Sunday Express 8 May 10 Costello flatly refused to ‘punch the clock’, and had definite ideas about what he would and would not do in connection with his art. 1934 I. Gershwin in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 227/2 Someday we'll go places—New lands and new faces—The day we quit punching the clock. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. i. 2 What happens when you have shown your pass and punched the time~clock? 2003 3D World June 26/3 His co-conspirator in the initial Breed demo was Acclaim's head of art, Jason ‘Jay’ Gee, who before Acclaim, also punched the clock at the pre-Tomb Raider Core Design. < as lemmas |
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