单词详解

n.

A. 小时 ( a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day )

It's seven thirty hours in the morning. 现在是早上7点30分。

B. 一小时的时间或行程 (distance measured by the time taken to cover it)

We still have half an hour in hand before the plane leaves.

飞机起飞前我们还有半小时时间。

C. 不确定的一段时间，某一时刻 (a special and memorable period)

My friend helped me in my hour of need. 我朋友在我需要的时候帮助了我。

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1. by the hour 按钟点，按小时计算

He got paid by the hour. 他的工资是按小时发的。

2. half an hour 半小时

The workers are coming in half an hour. 工人们半小时后过来。

3. on the hour 准点地；在整点时刻

Remember to remind me of the meeting on the hour. 请准时提醒我会议。

4. of the hour 现在的；目前的

Little prince also becomes the great man of the hour. 那么小王子同样成了当时的大人物。

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