time

时, 时间

时候, 时刻

时机, 机会

[pl. ]时代, 时势; 境况, [the time]当代

时期; 时令

生活期, 死期, 临终; 一生; 闲暇; 学徒期, 服役期, 产期, 刑期

次, 回, 倍(用来表示倍数或乘法), 度

进行速度, 诗的节奏;【音】节拍

[Times]时报(用于报刊名称, 如:The New York Times 《纽约时报》, The Times [英]《泰晤士报》)

规定的工作时间; 所需时间

计时工资率; 最后一次工资

【体】(一?热蛞痪直热氖毕? 暂停; 开始

time

the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past.(as modifier).

a quantity measuring duration, usually with reference to a periodic process such as the rotation of the earth or the vibration of electromagnetic radiation emitted from certain atoms. In classical mechanics, time is absolute in the sense that the time of an event is independent of the observer. According to the theory of relativity it depends on the observer's frame of reference. Time is considered as a fourth coordinate required, along with three spatial coordinates, to specify an eventSee caesium clock See second See space-time continuum

a specific point on this continuum expressed in terms of hours and minutes

a system of reckoning for expressing time

a definite and measurable portion of this continuum.(as modifier)

an accepted period such as a day, season, etc.(in combination)

an unspecified interval; a while

a period or point marked by specific attributes or events

a sufficient interval or period

an instance or occasion

an occasion or period of specified quality

the duration of human existence

the heyday of human life

a suitable period or moment

the expected interval in which something is done

a particularly important moment, esp childbirth or death

indicating a degree or amount calculated by multiplication with the number specified

the fashions, thought, etc, of the present age (esp in the phrases ahead of one's time, behind the times)

(in bars, pubs, etc) short for closing time

a term in jail (esp in the phrase do time)

a customary or full period of work.the rate of pay for this period

Also (esp US) metrethe system of combining beats or pulses in music into successive groupings by which the rhythm of the music is established.a specific system having a specific number of beats in each grouping or bar

short for time value

a unit of duration used in the measurement of poetic metre; mora

See mark

operating automatically at or for a set time, for security or convenience

to ascertain or calculate the duration or speed of

to set a time for

to adjust to keep accurate time

to pick a suitable time for

to control the execution or speed of (an action, esp a shot or stroke) so that it has its full effect at the right moment

the word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing time