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Xem thêm: hr, 60 minutes, time of day, minute
hour noun
1 period of sixty minutes
ADJ. solid I slept for eight solid hours.
VERB + HOUR take It takes two hours to get to London. | spend | last The performance lasted three hours. | gain, lose You gain five hours when you fly from New York to London.
HOUR + VERB go by, pass An hour passed and she still hadn't arrived.
PREP. by the ~ They're paid by the hour. | for an ~ She worked for three hours. | in/within an ~ I should be back within a couple of hours. | over/under an ~ He's been gone for over an hour. | per ~ Top speed is 120 miles per hour. | within the ~ We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). | ~ of There are still two hours of daylight left.
PHRASES half an hour, hour after hour, an hour's time, with every passing hour She grew more worried with every passing hour.
More information about MEASURE
and measures ~ of I always drink gallons of water.
half a, a quarter of a ~ half a litre of milk
a half/quarter hour, inch, mile, ounce, pint, pound They used to sell corned beef at 2d a quarter pound.
cubic, square ~ One litre is equivalent to 1,000 cubic centimetres.
~ square The room is about 15 metres square.
~ broad, deep, high, long, tall, thick, wide The new dock was 230 m long and 92 m broad.
~ bigger, cooler, faster, heavier, lighter, slower, etc. The climate was several degrees warmer than it is now.
about, approximately, around ~ 1 foot = approx. 0.3 metres
be, cover, measure, span, stretch (for) ~ used with measures of distance and area The National Park covers 3,000 acres. The sandy beach stretches for over four miles.
be, weigh ~ used with measures of weight She weighed over ten stone.
be, last, take ~ used with measures of time It takes approximately 365 and a quarter days for the earth to revolve around the sun.
in a ~ How many centilitres are there in a litre?
in ~s We were asked to estimate the temperature of the room in degrees.
to a/the ~ My car does 10 miles to the litre.
a, per ~ They're 99p a dozen. a safety threshold of 50 mg of nitrates per litre
by the ~ Apples are sold by the kilogram.
of ~ The path will be built to a width of 2 metres.
~ in area, length, volume, weight, size, etc. Killer whales are up to ten metres in length.
~ by ~ a huge room measuring 50 m by 18 m
to the nearest ~ Give your answer to the nearest metre.
2 the hour: time when a new hour starts
VERB + HOUR chime, strike The clock struck the hour.
PREP. on the ~ Buses leave every hour on the hour. | past the ~ ten minutes past the hour | to the ~ ten minutes to the hour
3 time when you do a particular activity
ADJ. lunch | peak, rush rush-hour traffic
VERB + HOUR spend I spent my lunch hour shopping.
PREP. ~ of an hour of rest
4 hours: time when sb is working/a shop is open
ADJ. office, opening, working | licensing, visiting Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open) the hospital's visiting hours | flexible | long | regular
VERB + HOUR work She works very long hours. | keep He keeps regular hours.
PREP. after ~ He spends a lot of time in his office after hours. | out of ~ Doctors often have to work out of hours.
5 time when sth happens
ADJ. darkest, finest This was often thought of as the country's finest hour. | antisocial, unearthly, ungodly, unsocial I apologize for phoning you at this ungodly hour.
HOUR + VERB come The hour had come for us to leave.
PREP. between the ~s of The office is closed between the hours of twelve and two. | ~ of the hours of darkness
PHRASES your hour of need She helped me in my hour of need.
n.
the job will take more than an hour
the hour is getting late
it was their finest hour
we live an hour from the airport
its just 10 minutes away
