clock
/klɒk/ noun [C]Translation
TIME › a piece of equipment that shows you what time it is, usually in a house or on a building
duvar saati
She could hear the hall clock ticking. 201VEHICLE UK › a piece of equipment in a vehicle for measuring how far it has travelled
kilometre saati
a car with 63,000 kilometres on the clock 16721399 around/round the clock › all day and all night
gece gündüz, yirmi dört saat
Rescue teams are working round the clock to search for survivors of the earthquake.1588 race/work against the clock › to do something as fast as you can in order to finish before a particular time
var gücüyle bitirmeye çalışmak, zamana karşı yarışmak
1605turn/put the clock back UK › to make a situation the same as it was at an earlier time
→ See also alarm clock → See also grandfather clockzamanı geriye almak, bir şeyi eski haline getirmek
I wish I could turn the clock back.1118(Definition of clock noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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