clock

名词 clock:

1. a timepiece that shows the time of day

动词 clock:

1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
   同义词：time

1. The clock shows half past two.
   时钟的针指著两点半。
2. This clock has outlasted several owners.
   这座时钟的寿命比它的几个主人的寿命都长。
3. The silence was succeeded by the striking of a clock.
   时钟鸣响声打破了寂静。
4. Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life.
   外科医生们正在日夜工作以抢救他的生命。
5. There must be something wrong with my clock.
   我的钟一定是坏了。
6. He clocked 9.8 seconds for the 100 metres.
   他100米跑了9.8秒。

clock

n.（名词）
An instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.
仪表，钟：除了时钟以外的测量或指示时间用的仪器，尤指一种有数字表盘、移动指针或数字显示的机械或电子仪器
A time clock.
时钟
A source of regularly occurring pulses used to measure the passage of time, as in a computer.
计时器，时钟脉冲：有规律地显示脉冲的一种仪器，用于测量经过的时间，如用于计算机
Any of various devices that indicate measurement, such as a speedometer or a taximeter.
秒表，计程器：一种显示度量的仪器，例如秒表或计程器
Botany The downy flower head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.
【植物学】 蒲公英的绒毛花：蒲公英的长茸的花头，吹散后可以播种
v.（动词）
clocked,clock.ing,clocks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To time, as with a stopwatch:
计时：计时，如用秒表：
例句：
clock a runner.
为跑步者计时

To register or record with a mechanical device:
记录时速：用机械设备登记或记录：
例句：
clocked the winds at '0 miles per hour.
测得风速为每小时六十里

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To record working hours with a time clock:
打卡，记下时间：用时钟记录工作时间：
例句：
clocks in at 8a.m. and out at 4 p.m.
早上 8点上班， 下午 4点下班

<习惯用语>clean (someone`s) clock【俚语】
To beat or defeat decisively:
彻底打败或击败：
例句：
.Immense linemen declared their intentions to clean the clocks of opposing players.(Russell Baker)
.优秀的前锋队员们声称要努力彻底打败对手.(拉塞尔·巴克)

来源：
Middle English clokke
中古英语 clokke
from Old North French cloque [bell]
源自 古法国北方方言 cloque [钟]
or from Middle Dutch clocke [bell, clock]
或源自 中古荷兰语 clocke [大钟，时钟]
both from Medieval Latin clocca [of imitative origin]
都源自 中世纪拉丁语 clocca [模拟词源]

【引伸】
clock.er
n.（名词）

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clock
clock 2

n.（名词）
An embroidered or woven decoration on the side of a stocking or sock.
绣花边花，袜子侧边的织花：位于长袜或短袜一侧的刺绣或编织的装饰图案

来源：
Perhaps from clock [bell (obsolete), from its original bell-shaped appearance]
可能源自 clock[钟（废语），源于其最初的钟形图案]