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hour noun 1period of sixty minutes 小时ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOUR | HOUR + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEfull, solid 整整一个小时◆I slept for eight solid hours.我睡了整整八个小时。contact, credit (NAmE, both education 教育) 面授课时；学分◆the number of contact hours per week每周的面授课时数VERB + HOURtake 用⋯小时◆It takes two hours to get to Vancouver.去温哥华要两个小时。spend 花⋯小时waste 浪费⋯小时last 持续⋯小时◆The performance lasted three hours.演出历时三个小时。gain, lose 快⋯小时；慢⋯小时◆You lose five hours when you fly from New York to London.乘飞机从纽约到伦敦时间上会慢五个小时。HOUR + VERBgo by, pass ⋯小时过去◆An hour passed and she still hadn't arrived.一个小时过去了，她还没有到。PREPOSITIONby the hour 按小时◆They're paid by the hour.他们工作按小时计酬。for an hour 一小时◆She worked for three hours.她工作了三个小时。in an hour, within an hour 在一小时之内◆I should be back within a couple of hours.两三个小时之内我就会回来。over an hour, under an hour 超过／不到一小时◆He's been gone for over an hour.他已经走了一个多小时了。per hour 每小时◆Top speed is 120 miles per hour.最高速度为每小时 120 英里。within the hour 在一个小时之内◆We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour).我们希望能在一个小时之内到达那里。hour of ⋯小时的⋯◆There are still two hours of daylight left.白天的时间还剩下两个小时。PHRASEShalf an hour 半个小时hour after hour 一个又一个小时in an hour's time (especially BrE) 一小时后with every passing hour 随着时间一小时一小时的流逝◆She grew more worried with every passing hour.时间一小时一小时地过去，她越来越担心。 ➡ note at measure |