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词组 clock
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clock
Theme: OBTAIN
tr. to earn, score, or total up someone or something. (As if the person or thing gained were being metered or clocked.)
Sam clocked a date with Sally, and is he ever proud!Amy clocked nearly $12 an hour in overtime last weekend.
tick-tock
n. a watch or clock. (Juvenile.)
Wind your tick-tock before you forget.The tick-tock in the kitchen has broken.
clock
1. noun
1
a milometer (odometer) UK, 1967.
2
a speedometer UK, 1942.
3
a taxi meter. Often in the enquiry 'How much is on the clock?' UK, 1930.
4
an air gauge used with air brakes US, 1946.
5
a watch. In conventional use from 1559, in slang use since late C19; noted by the Oxford English Dictionary as obsolete 'except in modern slang' UK, 1961.
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the face UK, 1918.
7
a punch to the face. From the verb NEW ZEALAND, 1959.
8
a look. From the verb UK, 2000.
9
a one-year prison sentence AUSTRALIA, 1941.
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a prisoner who is at the beginning of their sentence US, 1962.
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bravery, courage US, 1950
2. verb
1
to catch sight of or notice someone or something; to watch someone or something US, 1929.
2
to watch someone patiently; especially to follow someone with the purpose of discovering the details of a bet UK, 1958.
3
to keep track of a slot machine in an effort to make an educated guess as to when it will pay off US, 1984.
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to keep track of the money involved in a game or an enterprise US, 1977.
5
to register on the speedometer; to attain a particular speed. From CLOCK (a speedometer) UK, 1892.
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to figure something out, to evaluate something US, 1961.
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to earn something US, 1989.
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to punch, to strike with the fist. Perhaps, originally, 'to hit in the CLOCK' (the face) UK, 1932.
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to sell drugs on the street US, 1992.
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to wind back the mileometer (odometer) of a vehicle to increase its sale value US, 1980.
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to identify. After the senses to see and to watch UK, 2005.► clock into visit your boyfriend or girlfriend only out of a sense of duty US, 2004.► clock in the green roomwhile surfing, to take a long ride inside the hollow of a breaking wave US, 1991.► clock the actionto understand what is happening and what is being said US, 1962
idiomclockclean sb's clock AmEAmEspoken to defeat someone badly in a fight or competition:How can someone who's in such good shape let Foreman clean his clock so often?We're thrilled with the vote - we basically cleaned their clock.clock sb one BrEBrEold-fashioned to hit someone:This annoyed me, so I clocked her one, not very hard, but I did.clock this/that! BrEBrEspoken used in order to tell someone to notice something or pay attention to something:Clock that! He turned straight out without looking.Here, clock this - it's the bit where they have the fight.do sth against the clock1 to work as fast as possible because you do not have very much time:It took us three days to set things up, working against the clock.We'll have to work against the clock to make the delivery date.2 to try to finish what you are doing within a particular time, using a clock to check the time:I prefer training in a group to running on my own against the clock.We each had to give a talk, speaking for five minutes against the clock.do sth around the clock(also do sth round the clock BrE)to do something for a full twenty-four hours, day and night:We worked around the clock, in three eight-hour shifts.This service allows you to pay your bills and check your bank balance round the clock.around-the-clock: We kept an around-the-clock watch on the airport.
phraseclock[clocked, clocked, clocking]
clock in
clock in/on to record the time that you arrive at work, especially by putting a special card into a machine: Staff are expected to clock in when they arrive at the factory. I used to clock on at eight in the morning every day.■ OPPOSITE: clock off/out
clock in at
clock in at sth to have a particular time, weight etc, when this information is being officially recorded: The next time she ran the race, she clocked in at 41.81 seconds. At $699, the Olivetti PG404 clocks in at less than half the price of the LaserJet 4.
clock out
clock off/out to record the time that you leave work, especially by putting a special card into a machine: She clocks off at 7.15 and goes home to cook her family's supper.■ OPPOSITE: clock in/on
clock up
clock up sth especially BrE to reach or achieve a large number or amount of something over a period of time: The England team clocked up their third successive win. Jeremy Smith was jailed for six months after clocking up his twelfth drink-driving offence.■ SIMILAR TO: notch up, chalk up

clock

tv. to earn, score, or total up someone or something. (As if the person or thing gained were being metered or clocked.) Sam clocked a date with Sally, and is he ever proud!
See:
  • (a)round the clock
  • (the) clock is ticking
  • a dead clock is correct twice a day
  • a dead clock is right twice a day
  • a race against time/the clock
  • a stopped clock is right twice a day
  • against the clock
  • around/round the clock
  • beat the clock
  • biological clock is ticking
  • clean (someone's) clock
  • clean clock
  • clean someone's clock
  • clock
  • clock (someone or something) at (a certain speed)
  • clock (someone or something) at speeds of (some amount)
  • clock at
  • clock at speeds of
  • clock in
  • clock is ticking, the
  • clock out
  • clock up
  • clock watcher
  • clock-watcher
  • face (that) would stop a clock
  • face only a mother could love
  • get (one's) clock cleaned
  • get (one's) prescription filled
  • get (one's) prescription refilled
  • homely enough to stop a clock
  • kill the clock
  • know what's o'clock
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • on the clock
  • punch a/the clock
  • punch in
  • punch the clock
  • push back the clock
  • put back the clock
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • put/turn the clock back
  • race against the clock
  • race against time
  • roll back the clock
  • round the clock
  • run down the clock
  • run out the clock
  • run the clock down
  • set back
  • set back the clock
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) ahead
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • sleep around the clock
  • stop (one's) clock
  • stop someone's clock
  • stop the clock
  • turn back the clock
  • turn the clock back
  • turn the clock back, to
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) back
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • watch the clock
  • wind back the clock
  • work against the clock
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