hoursBrE /ˈaʊəz/ NAmE /ˈaʊərz/► SEE ALLafter hoursat all hourskeep… hoursthe small/early hourstill/until all hourswork all the hours God sends ●ˌafter ˈhoursafter the period during which a shop, pub, etc. is open在（商店、酒吧等的）营业时间以外◆Pubs are not allowed to sell drinks after hours. 酒吧不得在营业时间以外出售酒水。●at ˈall hoursat any time during the night or day; all the time任何时间；随时◆He comes here at all hours, sometimes in the middle of the night. 他随时都会来这儿，有时甚至在深夜。●keep… ˈhoursif you keep regular, strange, etc. hours, the times at which you do things, especially getting up or going to bed, are regular, strange, etc.（尤指作息）时间有规律（或没有规律等）◆Keeping irregular hours is hard on children, so try to set a regular bedtime and a regular time to get up. 作息时间不规律对孩子不好，应该设法建立有规律的就寝和起床时间。●the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours ( the wee (small) ˈhours) the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight深夜，凌晨（指午夜刚过的一段时间）◆He died in the early hours of Saturday morning. 他在星期六凌晨去世。◆We stayed up talking into the small hours. 我们熬夜聊天，一直聊到午夜过后。●till/until ˈall hoursuntil very late at night or early next morning直到深夜（或第二天凌晨）◆She sat up till all hours trying to finish her essay. 她为把文章写完熬夜到很晚。●work all the ˌhours God ˈsends (informal) work all the time利用一切可能的时间工作；连轴转◆‘You look tired, Jane.’ ‘I’m working all the hours God sends at the moment trying to finish my thesis.’ “简，你看上去很疲惫。”“我正在拼命赶论文。”OPPnot do a stroke (of work)