C 钟，座钟，挂钟 instrument that shows the time of day which stands on a shelf or floor, or hangs on a wall

　advance the ～　把钟调快
　beat the ～　提前完成任务
　fight the ～　抢时间
　head a ～　把钟调快
　hold the ～　弄清时间
　kill the ～　拖时间
　put back the ～　把钟调慢
　race the ～　争分夺秒
　regulate a ～　校钟
　run out the ～　故意拖延时间来阻止对方得分
　set back the ～　开倒车
　set the ～　调准时钟
　turn back the ～　把钟调慢
　watch a ～　看钟等待
　wind a ～　给钟上发条
　atomic ～　原子钟
　biological ～　人体生物钟
　crystal ～　晶体钟
　digital ～　数字钟
　electric ～　电钟
　electronic ～　电子钟
　grandfather's ～　有摆的落地大座钟
　musical ～　八音钟
　pendulum ～　有摆的钟
　programme ～　程序钟
　time ～　计时钟
　tower ～　屋顶钟，楼钟
　alarm ～　闹钟
　against the ～　争分夺秒
　like ～　像钟表似的
　work round the ～　夜以继日

　We have a digital clock.　我们有个数字钟。
　Please set the clock ahead.　请把钟调快。
　I corrected my watch by the station clock.　我按车站的钟对我的表。
　The children listened for the clock to announce the New Year.　孩子们等着听新年的钟声。
　A clock ornamented the mantelpiece.　钟装饰壁炉架。
　The clock and watch have three hands.　钟表有三个指针。
　The hour hand of a clock goes right round in twelve hours.　钟的时针12小时转一圈。
　This clock strikes the hours and the half-hours.　这只钟每小时和每半小时都报一次时间。
　He heard the regular noise of the clock.　他听到时钟有规律的滴答声。
　The alarm clock awoke me on time.　闹钟按时把我闹醒了。
　This is a car with 10,000 miles on the clock.　里程计上显示，这是一辆行车里程达10,000英里的汽车。

 ♣ against the clock
　抢在某一时刻之前　under pressure, in order to complete sth before a certain time
　We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.　我们正在抢时间要在星期五之前完成这一报告。
　It was a race against the clock whether the doctor would get to the accident soon enough to save the injured man.　这是一场分秒必争的赛跑，看医生是否能马上赶到失事的地点来挽救那个受伤的人。
 ♣ fight the clock
　与时间竞赛　race with time
　The Chinese are fighting the clock to make our country stronger and stronger.　中国人民正在夜以继日地工作，目的是使国家更加强大。
 ♣ round the clock
　夜以继日　all day and all night without stopping
　We worked round the clock to finish the job.　我们为了完成工作，而夜以继日地工作。
　Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life.　外科医生们正在日夜工作以抢救他的生命。
　He studied round the clock for his history exam.　他夜以继日地学习，应付历史考试。
　We are working all round the clock to finish this dictionary!　我们在为完成这本词典而昼夜不停地工作着！
　People who do very important jobs sometimes have to work around the clock.　有重要工作的人，有时必须夜以继日地工作。
 ♣ watch the clock
　看着时钟盼下班　think continually of how soon the day's work will end
　He was a bad worker who always watching the clock.　他是一个看着钟下班的懒工人。

 ♣ 下面两个句子的意思相同：

　一般地说钟的快〔慢〕，可用fast〔slow〕表示。
 ♣ 下面两个短语的意思不同：

　［词源］　中古英语clokke <中古拉丁语clocca（带铃钟，铃）