clock
n
(for telling the time, large)
horloge f
→ The church clock struck eleven.
(small)
pendule f
→ ... the ticking of the clock.
the church clock l'horloge de l'église
round the clock, around the clock (adv)
[work] vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre
→ They're working round the clock to keep the runways clear.
to sleep round the clock, to sleep the clock round faire le tour du cadran
to work against the clock faire la course contre la montre
to beat the clock finir en avance
to turn the clock back, to put the clock back revenir en arrière
to watch the clock surveiller l'heure
→
alarm clock
(British)
(=milometer) 30,000 miles on the clock 30 000 milles au compteur → ... a Mini with over 5,000 kilometres on the clock.
alarm clock
n réveil m
biological clock
n horloge f biologique
body clock
n horloge f biologique
→ Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
▲
clock in , clock on
vi (British) pointer (en arrivant)
▲
clock off , clock out
vi (British) pointer (en partant)
▲
clock up
vt fus
[+miles, hours] faire
→ He says he's clocked up 175,000 miles in a lifetime of cycling.
clock card
n carte f de pointage
clock face
n cadran m
→ The clock face had to be fitted with new glass.
clock golf
n jeu m de l'horloge
clock-radio
n radio-réveil m
clock tower , clock-tower
n clocher m
cuckoo clock
n pendule f à coucou, coucou m
five-o'clock shadow
n barbe f d'un jour
grandfather clock
n horloge f comtoise
o'clock
adv
it's five o'clock il est cinq heures
six o'clock six heures
→ It's nearly two o'clock.
→ The trouble began just after ten o'clock last night.
at two o'clock in the morning à deux heures du matin
→ I went to sleep, and at two o'clock in the morning I woke up.
quartz clock
n pendule f à quartz
radio alarm clock
n radio-réveil m
round-the-clock
adj 24 heures sur 24
speaking clock
n (British)
the speaking clock l'horloge f parlante
time clock
n horloge f pointeuse