hour

noun

1. 小时
   60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into
   1. It will take about an hour to get there.
      到那里大约需要一小时。
   2. The interview lasted half an hour.
      会见持续了半小时。
   3. It was a three-hour exam.
      那是三小时的考试。
   4. I waited for an hour and then I left.
      我等了一个小时，然后就走了。
   5. He'll be back in an hour .
      他一小时后回来。
   6. We're paid by the hour .
      我们是论小时获得报酬的。
   7. The minimum wage was set at £3.20 an hour .
      最低工资定为每小时3.20英镑。
   8. Top speed is 120 miles per hour .
      最高时速为120英里。
   9. York was within an hour's drive.
      开车到约克不会超过一小时。
   10. Chicago is two hours away (= it takes two hours to get there) .
       到芝加哥需要两小时。
   11. We're four hours ahead of New York (= referring to the time difference) .
       我们比纽约早四个小时。
   12. We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour) .
       我们希望一小时内到达那里。
2. 约一小时的时间
   a period of about an hour, used for a particular purpose
   1. I use the Internet at work, during my lunch hour .
      我上班时在午餐时间使用互联网。
3. （工作、办公等的）固定时间
   a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc.
   1. Opening hours are from 10 to 6 each day.
      营业时间为每天10点到6点。
   2. Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours .
      很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。
   3. What are your office hours ?
      你的办公时间是几点到几点？
   4. a hospital's visiting hours
      医院的探视时间
   5. Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open) used to be very restricted.
      英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。
   6. This is the only place to get a drink after hours (= after the normal closing time for pubs) .
      这是酒吧正常关门时间之后唯一能喝一杯的地方。
   7. Clients can now contact us by email out of hours (= when the office is closed) .
      现在于办公时间以外顾客可以用电邮和我们联系。
4. 某个时间
   a particular point in time
   1. You can't turn him away at this hour of the night.
      天这么晚了，你不能把他赶走。
5. 长时间
   a long time
   1. It took hours getting there.
      花了好长时间才到达那里。
   2. I've been waiting for hours .
      我等了很久了。
   3. ‘How long did it last?’ ‘Oh, hours and hours .’
      “持续了多久？”“噢，很久很久。”
6. 重要时刻
   the time when sth important happens
   1. This was often thought of as the country's finest hour .
      一般认为这是该国家最美好的一段时光。
   2. She thought her last hour had come.
      她以为她生命的最后时刻到了。
   3. Don't desert me in my hour of need .
      不要在我困难的时候离开我。
7. 整点
   the time when it is exactly 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc.
   1. There's a bus every hour on the hour .
      每小时整点有一班公共汽车。
   2. The clock struck the hour .
      钟敲过整点了。
8. （按24小时制给出的时间，通常用于军事或其他官方语言）点钟
   used when giving the time according to the 24-hour clock, usually in military or other official language

1. N-COUNT 小时
   An hour is a period of sixty minutes.
   1. They waited for about two hours...
      他们等了约两小时。
   2. I only slept about half an hour that night.
      我那天晚上只睡了大约半个小时。
   3. ...a twenty-four hour strike...
      持续24小时的罢工
   4. London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.
      伦敦离这里有1小时路程，当我赶到时，手术已经完成了。
2. N-PLURAL 长时间
   People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time.
   1. Getting there would take hours.
      去那里要花很长时间。
3. （时钟的）钟点，整点
   A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on.
4. N-SING 时间;时刻
   You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour .
   1. ...the hour of his execution...
      处决他的时间
   2. The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.
      即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。
5. N-COUNT （人一生中的某个）时候，时期
   If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling.
   1. He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need.
      他回忆起她在丈夫困难之时的忠贞奉献。
   2. ...the darkest hour of my professional life.
      我职业生涯中最黑暗的时期
6. N-PLURAL （每天发生或进行某事的）特定时间，固定时间
   You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates.
   1. ...the hours of darkness...
      夜晚
   2. Phone us on this number during office hours.
      上班时间打这个电话给我们。
   3. ...outside prison visiting hours.
      在探监时间以外
7. N-PLURAL （每周的）工作时间
   If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it.
   1. I worked quite irregular hours...
      我的工作时间相当不固定。
   2. The job was easy; the hours were good.
      这份工作很轻松，工作时间也很合适。
8. → see: eleventh hour;lunch hour;rush hour
9. See also: ...a local restaurant where steel workers unwind after hours... Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center. after-hours
10. PHRASE 在（某一时段的）任何时刻
    If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does.
    1. She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning.
       她不希望自己14岁的女儿凌晨才回家。
    2. ...a neighbour's car alarm going off at all hours of the day and night.
       邻居的汽车警报器没日没夜响个不停。
11. PHRASE 在凌晨;在下半夜
    If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
    1. Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning.
       吉布斯于昨天凌晨被捕。
12. PHRASE 长时间地;不停地
    If you say that someone does something hour after hour, you are emphasizing that they do it continually for a long time.
    1. He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour.
       他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵个不停。
13. 整点地
    If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour.
14. 整点差…分/ 整点过…分
    If you want to state the time exactly, you can give a number of minutes followed by before the hour or past the hour .
15. PHRASE 在通常营业（或工作、学习）时间之外
    Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.
    1. Teachers refused to run out of hours sports matches because they weren't being paid.
       教师拒绝课余安排体育比赛，因为他们不会获得薪酬。

1. He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour.
   他在前厅耐心地等了一个小时。
2. The passengers were delayed for an hour.
   乘客被延误了一个小时。
3. They were doing 70 miles an hour.
   他们的速度达到了每小时70英里。
4. That clock's an hour fast.
   那个钟快了一个小时。
5. It took us an hour to go three miles.
   我们走3英里路花了1个小时。
6. They waited for about two hours
   他们等了约两小时。
7. I only slept about half an hour that night.
   我那天晚上只睡了大约半个小时。
8. London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.
   伦敦离这里有1小时路程，当我赶到时，手术已经完成了。
9. Getting there would take hours.
   去那里要花很长时间。
10. The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.
    即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。
11. He recalled her devotion to her husband during his hour of need.
    他回忆起她在丈夫困难之时的忠贞奉献。
12. Phone us on this number during office hours.
    上班时间打这个电话给我们。
13. I worked quite irregular hours
    我的工作时间相当不固定。
14. The job was easy; the hours were good.
    这份工作很轻松，工作时间也很合适。
15. Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center.
    戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。
16. She didn't want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning.
    她不希望自己14岁的女儿凌晨才回家。
17. Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning.
    吉布斯于昨天凌晨被捕。
18. He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour.
    他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵个不停。
19. Teachers refused to run out of hours sports matches because they weren't being paid.
    教师拒绝课余安排体育比赛，因为他们不会获得薪酬。
20. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another
    一个小时、两个小时过去了，他不耐烦了。
21. He had been waiting for over an hour and was beginning to feel irritable.
    他已经等了一个多小时，开始变得急躁了。
22. It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing
    仅仅约一个小时之后，我发现我的枪不见了。
23. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour
    一刻钟以后我就得走了。
24. I had to drive eight miles at rush hour.
    我得在交通高峰时间行车8英里。
25. A tailwind had cut the flying time by half an hour.
    由于顺风，飞行时间缩短了半小时。
26. The game took her less than an hour to finish
    她没用一个小时就拿下了这场比赛。
27. They talked on the phone for more than an hour.
    他们在电话里谈了一个多小时。
28. He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour and a half.
    他和日本首相会晤了一个半小时。

n.

all hours

• 任何时间（尤指非正常或不合适的时间）
  any time, especially a time which is not usual or suitable
  1. He's started staying out till all hours (= until very late at night) .
     他已经开始在外面待得很晚了。
  2. She thinks she can call me at all hours of the day and night .
     她以为她可以不分昼夜随时给我打电话。

keep… hours

• 做事（尤指作息）时间有规律（或怪异等）
  if you keep regular, strange, etc. hours , the times at which you do things (especially getting up or going to bed) are regular, strange, etc.

the small/early hours

• 午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分
  the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight
  1. We worked well into the small hours.
     我们一直工作到了午夜之后。
  2. The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning.
     战斗在星期六凌晨打响了。

at the eleventh hour

• 在最后时刻；刚好来得及
  at the last possible moment; just in time

the evil hour/day/moment

• 倒霉的时候（或日子、时刻）
  the time when you have to do sth difficult or unpleasant

kill time

kill an hour, a couple of hours, etc.

• （等待时）消磨时间，打发时光
  to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen
  1. We killed time playing cards.
     我们打纸牌消磨时间。

at an unearthly hour

• 很早；过分的早
  very early, especially when this is annoying
  1. The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train.
     这工作需要起大早赶头班火车。

at an ungodly hour

• 一大早（或很晚）；在十分不便的时间
  very early or very late and therefore annoying

noun

1. distance measured by the time taken to cover it
   1. we live an hour from the airport
   2. its just 10 minutes away

   Synonym:    minute

2. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
   1. the job will take more than an hour

   Synonym:    hr60 minutes

3. clock time
   1. the hour is getting late

   Synonym:    time of day

4. a special and memorable period
   1. it was their finest hour