英汉词典

time 基本解释

• n. 时间；时代；次数；节拍；倍数
• vt. 计时；测定…的时间；安排…的速度
• adj. 定时的；定期的；分期的
• n. (Time)人名；(俄)季梅；(英)泰姆；(罗)蒂梅

time 词态变化

time 中文词源

来自古英语 tima,一段时间，限时，来自 Proto-Germanic*timon,一段时间，来自 PIE*di-mon, 来自*da,分开，切分，词源同 tide,democracy,*mon,名词后缀，即-men,-ment.后引申诸相关词 义，并由一段时间引申词义次，回。

time 英文词源

time

time: [OE] Time originally denoted ‘delimited section of existence, period’. Its ultimate source is the Indo-European base *dī- ‘cut up, divide’. This passed into prehistoric Germanic as *tī- (source also of English tide), and addition of the suffix *-mon- produced *tīmon – whence English time and Swedish timme ‘hour’. The application of the word to the more generalized, abstract notion of ‘continuous duration’ dates from the 14th century.
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time (n.)

Old English tima "limited space of time," from Proto-Germanic *timon- "time" (cognates: Old Norse timi "time, proper time," Swedish timme "an hour"), from PIE *di-mon-, suffixed form of root *da- "cut up, divide" (see tide (n.)).

Abstract sense of "time as an indefinite continuous duration" is recorded from late 14c. Personified since at least 1509 as an aged bald man (but with a forelock) carrying a scythe and an hour-glass. In English, a single word encompasses time as "extent" and "point" (French temps/fois, German zeit/mal) as well as "hour" (as in "what time is it?" compare French heure, German Uhr). Extended senses such as "occasion," "the right time," "leisure," or times (v.) "multiplied by" developed in Old and Middle English, probably as a natural outgrowth of such phrases as "He commends her a hundred times to God" (Old French La comande a Deu cent foiz).

to have a good time ( = a time of enjoyment) was common in Eng. from c 1520 to c 1688; it was app. retained in America, whence readopted in Britain in 19th c. [OED]

Time of day (now mainly preserved in negation, i.e. what someone won't give you if he doesn't like you) was a popular 17c. salutation (as in "Good time of day vnto your Royall Grace," "Richard III," I.iii.18), hence to give (one) the time of day "greet socially" (1590s); earlier was give good day (mid-14c.). The times "the current age" is from 1590s. Behind the times "old-fashioned" is recorded from 1831. Times as the name of a newspaper dates from 1788.

Time warp first attested 1954; time-traveling in the science fiction sense first recorded 1895 in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine." Time capsule first recorded 1938, in reference to the one "deemed capable of resisting the effects of time for five thousand years preserving an account of universal achievements embedded in the grounds of the New York World's fair."

Jones [archaeologist of A.D. 5139] potters about for a while in the region which we have come to regard as New York, finds countless ruins, but little of interest to the historian except a calcified direction sheet to something called a "Time Capsule." Jones finds the capsule but cannot open it, and decides, after considerable prying at the lid, that it is merely evidence of an archaic tribal ceremony called a "publicity gag" of which he has already found many examples. ["Princeton Alumni Weekly," April 14, 1939]

To do time "serve a prison sentence" is from 1865. Time frame is attested by 1964; time-limit is from 1880. About time, ironically for "long past due time," is recorded from 1920.

time (v.)

Old English getimian "to happen, befall," from time (n.). Meaning "to appoint a time" (of an action, etc.) is attested from c. 1300; sense of "to measure or record the time of" (a race, event, etc.) is first attested 1660s. Related: Timed; timing.

time 词组搭配

time 英文释义

1. an instance or single occasion for some event;

"this time he succeeded"

"he called four times"

"he could do ten at a clip"

2. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities);

"he waited a long time"

"the time of year for planting"

"he was a great actor is his time"

3. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something;

"take time to smell the roses"

"I didn't have time to finish"

"it took more than half my time"

4. a suitable moment;

"it is time to go"

5. the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

6. the time as given by a clock;

"do you know what time it is?"

"the time is 10 o'clock"

7. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

8. a person's experience on a particular occasion;

"he had a time holding back the tears"

"they had a good time together"

9. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

10. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;

"he served a prison term of 15 months"

"his sentence was 5 to 10 years"

"he is doing time in the county jail"

time 双语例句

1. The " e " in " time " is a silent letter.

time中的e不发音.

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2. She studied him for the longest time, looking wryly amused.

她面带苦笑，盯着他看了很长时间。

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3. In her spare time she read books on cooking.

业余时间里她看一些烹饪方面的书籍。

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4. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.

她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

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5. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her.

马克追她已经有一段时间了。

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time 实用场景例句

...a two-week period of time...

两周的时间

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Time passed, and still Ma did not appear...

时间一点点过去，马先生仍然没有出现。

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'What time is it?' — 'Eight o'clock.'...

“几点钟了？”——“8点钟。”

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He asked me the time...

他问我几点了。

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Departure times are 08:15 from St Quay, and 18:15 from St Helier.

从圣奎伊的出发时间是 8 点 15 分，从圣赫利尔的出发时间是 18 点 15 分。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time...

潮汐预报用的是格林尼治标准时间。英国夏令时要在标准时基础上加一小时。

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The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.

事件发生在当地时间 10 点刚过。

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Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office...

亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。

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He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me...

他既不会有时间也不会有钱来照顾我。

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He was also for a time the art critic of 'The Scotsman'...

有相当长的一段时间他为《苏格兰人》报撰写艺术评论。

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He stayed for quite a time...

他呆了相当长的一段时间。

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We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time...

我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。

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By this time he was thirty...

到那时他 30 岁了。

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They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family...

那是段艰苦时期，他父母一直艰辛地养家糊口。

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We'll be alone together, quite like old times...

我们会单独在一起，就像过去那样。

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He is unafraid to move with the times...

他敢于与时俱进。

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This approach is now seriously out of step with the times...

这种方法如今与时代潮流严重脱节。

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Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away...

孩子们不在的时候，我和萨拉度过了一段美好时光。

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She's had a really tough time the last year and a half...

这一年半以来，她度过了一段非常艰难的时期。

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Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out...

现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。

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Every administration has its time. And when your time is over, you leave...

每届政府都有其执政期限，任期届满时就得下台。

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Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change...

民意测验表明，公众认为到了改革的时候了。

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It was time for him to go to work...

他该去上班了。

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Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours...

每次她乘公车出行都至少耽搁3个小时。

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The last time I saw her was about sixteen years ago...

我上次见她大约是 16 年前了。

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It was her job to make tea three times a day...

她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。

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How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?...

你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？

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Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company...

它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。

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Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce...

劳动人口中，年轻人失业的可能性是年长者的好几倍。

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Four times six is 24.

4 乘以 6 等于 24。

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