clock

Từ điển Collocation

clock noun

ADJ. 12/24-hour | atomic, digital, electric | bedside, kitchen | alarm, carriage, cuckoo, grandfather, long-case, time, travelling, wall

VERB + CLOCK set, wind I've set my alarm clock for six tomorrow. | put back/forward He forgot to put his clock forward and turned up an hour late. | stop (for example in a game) Pressing the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response button stops the clock. | glance at, look at | watch employees who are always watching the clock (= wanting their day's work to end)

CLOCK + VERB chime (sth), strike sth, tick The clock struck the hour. I could hear a clock ticking somewhere in the house. | stop | be fast/slow, gain/keep/lose time This clock doesn't keep time. | go back/forward The clocks go back (= for a return to standard time)/forward (= for summer time) tonight. | say sth The clock on the mantelpiece said twelve o'clock. | go off My alarm clock didn't go off this morning.

CLOCK + NOUN face, tower | radio

PREP. against the ~ to work against the clock (= to work fast in order to finish before a particular time) | around/round the ~ (= all day and all night) to work around the clock | by the ~ It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock.

PHRASES the dial/face/hands of a clock

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a timepiece that shows the time of day

    v.

  • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; time

    he clocked the runners

English Slang Dictionary

1. to stay aware of what happens around you:"You're the one that I'm clocking" -- Ol' Dirty Bastard (Raw hide [1994])
2. to earn:"I clock ducats" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
3. to always watch, always have or to always be into something. "clockin' a grip" -- Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Ain't nothing but a G-thang [1992])
4. to hit or knock someone out, as in "he clocked him" Probably comes from "he got his clock cleaned"

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. The electronic circuit in a computer that generates a steady stream of timing pulses—the digital signals that synchronize every operation. The system clock signal is precisely set by a quartz crystal, typically at a specific frequency between 1 and 50 megahertz. The clock rate of a computer is one of the prime determinants of its overall processing speed, and it can go as high as the other components of the computer allow. Also called: system clock. 2. The battery-backed circuit that keeps track of the time and date in a computer—not the same as the system clock. Also called: clock/calendar.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

clocks|clocked|clocking
syn.: time