| 单词 | time |
| 释义 | Word Frequency time(taɪm) noun 1. a. the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past b. (as modifier) time travel ▶ Related adjective: temporal2. physics a quantity measuring duration, usually with reference to a periodic process such as the rotation of the earth or the vibration of electromagnetic radiation emitted from certain atoms. In classical mechanics, time is absolute in the sense that the time of an event is independent of the observer. According to the theory of relativity it depends on the observer's frame of reference. Time is considered as a fourth coordinate required, along with three spatial coordinates, to specify an event caesium clock, second2 (sense 1), space-time 3. a specific point on this continuum expressed in terms of hours and minutes the time is four o'clock 4. a system of reckoning for expressing time Greenwich mean time 5. a. a definite and measurable portion of this continuum b. (as modifier) time limit 6. a. an accepted period such as a day, season, etc b. (in combination) springtime 7. an unspecified interval; a while I was there for a time 8. (often plural) a period or point marked by specific attributes or events the Victorian times time for breakfast 9. a sufficient interval or period have you got time to help me? 10. an instance or occasion I called you three times 11. an occasion or period of specified quality have a good time a miserable time 12. the duration of human existence 13. the heyday of human life in her time she was a great star 14. a suitable period or moment it's time I told you 15. the expected interval in which something is done the flying time from New York to London was seven hours 16. a particularly important moment, esp childbirth or death her time had come 17. (plural) indicating a degree or amount calculated by multiplication with the number specified ten times three is thirty he earns four times as much as me 18. (often plural) the fashions, thought, etc, of the present age (esp in the phrases ahead of one's time, behind the times) 19. British (in bars, pubs, etc) short for closing time 20. informal a term in jail (esp in the phrase do time) 21. a. a customary or full period of work b. the rate of pay for this period 22. Also (esp US): metre a. the system of combining beats or pulses in music into successive groupings by which the rhythm of the music is established b. a specific system having a specific number of beats in each grouping or bar duple time 23. music short for time value 24. prosody a unit of duration used in the measurement of poetic metre; mora 25. against time 26. ahead of time 27. all in good time 28. all the time 29. at one time 30. at the same time 31. at times 32. beat time 33. before one's time 34. for the time being 35. from time to time 36. gain time 37. have no time for 38. in good time 39. in no time 40. in one's own time 41. in time 42. keep time 43. lose time 44. lose no time 45. make time 46. mark1 (sense 35) 47. in the nick of time 48. on time 49. pass the time of day 50. time about 51. time and again 52. time off 53. time on 54. time out of mind 55. time of one's life 56. (modifier) operating automatically at or for a set time, for security or convenience time lock time switch verb (transitive) 57. to ascertain or calculate the duration or speed of 58. to set a time for 59. to adjust to keep accurate time 60. to pick a suitable time for 61. sport to control the execution or speed of (an action, esp a shot or stroke) so that it has its full effect at theright moment exclamation 62. the word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing time Word origin Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide1 |
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