他們將在下午三點抵達。

所用的時間從不超過一小時.

在最后時刻；接近截止時間

他的饑餓每時每刻都在增加。

耽擱一小時后，我們又繼續旅行。

【串】four(四)hour(小時)的tour(旅行)累得他全身sour(發酸) 【記】h-似“椅子”,our-我們的:一小時前我們的椅子被搬走了

hour n 1 [C] twenty-fourth part of a day and night; 60 minutes 小時 The film starts at 7.30 and lasts two hours. 影片7點30分開演, 演兩個小時. work a forty-hour week 每周工作四十小時 a three hours' journey/a three-hour journey 三小時的旅程. =>App 5 見附錄5. 2 (a) [C] number of hours past midnight, eg 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc, as indicated by a clock, watch, etc 鐘點; 點鐘（如一點鐘、 兩點鐘等） The clock strikes the hours but not the half-hours. 這個鐘是正點打點而不是半小時打點. (b) hours [pl] (fml 文) (used when calculating time according to the 24-hour clock 用於24小時計時制) It's eighteen hundred hours, ie 6 pm. 現在是十八點整（下午6點）. It's twenty-one thirty hours, ie 9.30 pm. 現在是二十一點三十分（晚上9點30分）. 3 hours [pl] fixed period of time for work, use of facilities, etc （工作、 設施等的）固定時間 hours of business 營業時間 Office hours are from 9 am to 5 pm. 辦公時間從上午9點到下午5點. Doctors work long hours. 醫生的工作時間很長. 4 [C usu sing 通常作單數] period of about an hour, usu set aside for a specified purpose 約一小時的時間（通常指作某用途的） a long lunch hour 很長的午餐時間. 5 [C] distance that can be travelled in an hour 一小時的行程 London's only two hours away. 到倫敦只需兩小時. 6 [C] point in time 某一時刻 He came at the agreed hour. 他在約定時間來到了. Who can be ringing us at this late hour? 誰能在這麼晚的時間給我們打電話呢? 7 [C usu sing 通常作單數] indefinite period of time 不確定的一段時間 the country's finest hour 鄉村中最好的時間 She helped me in my hour of need. 她在我需要的時候幫助了我. 8 (idm 習語) ,after `hours after a period of regular business, etc 下班後 Staff must stay behind after hours to catch up on their work. 下班後工作人員需要留下來把工作趕完. at/till `all hours at/till any time, however unsuitable or inconvenient 在[到]任何時候（不管多麼不適宜或不方便）亦在所不惜 She stays out till all hours, ie very late. 她在外面一直呆到很晚的時候. He's inclined to telephone at all hours of the day or night. 他不分白天黑夜, 想打電話就打. at the e,leventh `hour at the last possible moment; only just in time 在最後的時刻; 剛剛來得及 The president's visit was called off at the eleventh hour. 總裁的這次訪問到時取消了. [attrib 作定語] an e,leventh-hour de`cision 猶未為晚的決定. the early hours => early. keep late, early, regular, etc `hours go to bed or work late, early, for a normal and regular period of time, etc 作息時間較正常的或規定的時間等為晚、 為早等. on the `hour at exactly 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, etc 在某一正點 My appointment was for 9 am and I arrived on the hour, ie at 9 am precisely. 我的約會時間定在上午9點, 我到達時9點整. The London bus departs every hour on the hour. 倫敦的公共汽車每小時零分開出一趟. ,out of `hours (a) before or after one's regular work time 在工作時間之外. (b) (esp Brit) during times when alcohol may no longer be sold in bars 在酒吧間不再售酒的時候. the small hours => small. one's waking hours => wake1.

*[au?]n. 小時, 鐘頭, 時間, ...點鐘, 課時相關詞組: at the eleventh hour by the hour hour after hour on the hour serve the hour help in sb's hour of need