clock

engleză

(English)

Etimologie

Atestat deja în 1350–1400; din englez medie clok, clokke, care provine din neerlandeza medie klocke (astăzi klok) < franceza veche de sus cloque (confer franceză cloche). Provine din limba galică clocca.

Pronunție

• AFI: /klɒk/

Substantiv

clock, pl. clocks

1. ceas; (spec.) ceasornic

   They hung the clock on the wall.

2. (în Anglia) contor de parcurs

   This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.

Sinonime

• 1: timepiece

Cuvinte derivate

• clockhouse
• clockwise
• clockwork

Cuvinte compuse

cuvinte compuse

alarm clock atomic clock biological clock body clock carriage clock case clock clock generator clock radio clock signal

clock-watcher cuckoo clock dandelion clock grandfather clock shot clock time clock wall clock water clock

Locuțiuni

• o'clock

Expresii

• a broken clock is right twice a day
• clean someone's clock
• face that would stop a clock
• on the clock
• run down the clock
• work against the clock
• work around the clock

Vezi și

• watch

Verb

Conjugarea verbului to clock
Infinitiv	to clock
Prezent simplu pers. 3 sg.	clocks
Trecut simplu	clocked
Participiu trecut	clocked
Participiu prezent	clocking

1. a cronometra
2. a măsura viteza
3. (argou) a trage una (cuiva), a lovi

   When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.

4. (argou) a observa

   Clock the wheels on that car!

Sinonime

• 1: time
• 3: slug, smack, thump, whack
• 4: check out, scope out

Locuțiuni

• clock in
• clock on
• clock off
• clock out
• clock up

Etimologie

Origine necunoscută.

Substantiv

clock, pl. clocks

1. baghetă (la ciorapi)

Referințe

• Dictionary.com
• Wiktionary