hour 音标拼音: ['ɑʊɚ] ['ɑʊr]
n . 小时,钟头,时间,…点钟,课时
小时,钟头,时间,…点钟,课时
hour 小时
hour 瓦特小时
WHR
hour 安培
AH hour 时 小时
hour n 1 :
a period of time equal to 1 /
24th of a day ; "
the job will take more than an hour " [
synonym : {
hour }, {
hr }, {
60 minutes }]
2 :
clock time ; "
the hour is getting late " [
synonym : {
hour }, {
time of day }]
3 :
a special and memorable period ; "
it was their finest hour "
4 :
distance measured by the time taken to cover it ; "
we live an hour from the airport "; "
its just 10 minutes away " [
synonym :
{
hour }, {
minute }]
Hour \
Hour \,
n . [
OE .
hour ,
our ,
hore ,
ure ,
OF .
hore ,
ore ,
ure ,
F .
heure ,
L .
hora ,
fr .
Gr . ?,
orig .,
a definite space of time ,
fixed by natural laws ;
hence ,
a season ,
the time of the day ,
an hour .
See {
Year },
and cf . {
Horologe }, {
Horoscope }.]
1 .
The twenty -
fourth part of a day ;
sixty minutes .
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2 .
The time of the day ,
as expressed in hours and minutes ,
and indicated by a timepiece ;
as ,
what is the hour ?
At what hour shall we meet ?
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3 .
Fixed or appointed time ;
conjuncture ;
a particular time or occasion ;
as ,
the hour of greatest peril ;
the man for the hour .
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Woman , . . .
mine hour is not yet come . --
John ii .
4 .
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This is your hour ,
and the power of darkness . --
Luke xxii .
53 .
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4 .
pl . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day ,
as matins and vespers .
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5 .
A measure of distance traveled .
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Vilvoorden ,
three hours from Brussels . --
J .
P .
Peters .
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{
After hours },
after the time appointed for one '
s regular labor .
{
Canonical hours }.
See under {
Canonical }.
{
Hour angle } (
Astron .),
the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body ,
and the meridian of a place .
{
Hour circle }. (
Astron .)
(
a )
Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator ;
esp .,
one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles ,
and dividing the equator into spaces of 15 [
deg ],
or one hour ,
each .
(
b )
A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth '
s equator ,
and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension .
(
c )
A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe ,
and divided into twenty -
four parts or hours .
It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe .
{
Hour hand },
the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece .
{
Hour line }.
(
a ) (
Astron .)
A line indicating the hour .
(
b ) (
Dialing )
A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour ;
the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial .
{
Hour plate },
the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked ;
the dial . --
Locke .
{
Sidereal hour },
the twenty -
fourth part of a sidereal day .
{
Solar hour },
the twenty -
fourth part of a solar day .
{
The small hours },
the early hours of the morning ,
as one o '
clock ,
two o '
clock ,
etc .
{
To keep good hours },
to be regular in going to bed early .
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hour ":
abundant year ,
academic year ,
annum ,
bell ,
bissextile year ,
calendar month ,
calendar year ,
century ,
common year ,
day ,
decade ,
decennary ,
decennium ,
defective year ,
fateful moment ,
fiscal year ,
fortnight ,
instant ,
interval ,
juncture ,
kairos ,
leap year ,
lunar month ,
lunar year ,
lunation ,
luster ,
lustrum ,
man -
hour ,
microsecond ,
millennium ,
millisecond ,
minute ,
moment ,
moment of truth ,
month ,
moon ,
period ,
point ,
pregnant moment ,
psychological moment ,
quarter ,
quinquennium ,
regular year ,
season ,
second ,
semester ,
session ,
sidereal year ,
solar year ,
space ,
span ,
spell ,
stage ,
stretch ,
sun ,
term ,
the time ,
time ,
time lag ,
time of day ,
time signal ,
trimester ,
twelvemonth ,
week ,
weekday ,
while ,
year Hour First found in Dan .
3 :
6 ;
4 :
19 ,
33 ;
5 :
5 .
It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah ,
meaning a "
moment ,"
a "
look ."
It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season (
Matt .
8 :
13 ;
Luke 12 :
39 ).
With the ancient Hebrews the divisions of the day were "
morning ,
evening ,
and noon -
day " (
Ps .
55 :
17 ,
etc .).
The Greeks ,
following the Babylonians ,
divided the day into twelve hours .
The Jews ,
during the Captivity ,
learned also from the Babylonians this method of dividing time .
When Judea became subject to the Romans ,
the Jews adopted the Roman mode of reckoning time .
The night was divided into four watches (
Luke 12 :
38 ;
Matt .
14 :
25 ;
13 :
25 ).
Frequent allusion is also made to hours (
Matt .
25 :
13 ;
26 :
40 ,
etc .). (
See {
DAY }.)
An hour was the twelfth part of the day ,
reckoning from sunrise to sunset ,
and consequently it perpetually varied in length .
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