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時鐘,計時器,襪子上的花樣繡花樣,記時,記錄記錄時間
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Clock \Clock\, n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell,
G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin;
cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf.
{Cloak}.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate.
Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is
often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of
a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to
be carried on the person.
2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.
{Alarm clock}. See under {Alarm}.
{Astronomical clock}.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.
{Electric clock}.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.
{Ship's clock} (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.
{Sidereal clock}, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.
Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock \Clock\, v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See {Cluck}. [R.]
Clock \Clock\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us
stercorarius}).
資料來源 : WordNet®
clock
v : measure the time or duration of an event or action or the
person who performs an action in a certain period of
time; "he clocked the runners" [syn: {time}]
clock
n : a timepiece that shows the time of day
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
clock
A processor's clock or one {cycle} thereof. The relative
execution times of instructions on a computer are usually
measured by number of clock cycles rather than seconds. One
good reason for this is that {clock rate}s for various models
of the computer may increase as technology improves, and it is
usually the relative times one is interested in when
discussing the {instruction set}.
(1994-12-16)