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美式：[ta?m]

n.時間；時代；時期；倍；次數(shù)；節(jié)拍

v.為…安排時間；計時；[體]在某一時刻擊球

adj.時間的；定時的；分期（付款）的；定期的

用作名詞 (n.)

Only time will tell if you are right. 只有時間才能證明你是否正確。

Reading occupies most of my free time. 閱讀占去了我大部分的閑暇時間。

I referred to my watch for the exact time. 我看了一下手表好知道準確的時間。

Closing time at this pub is eleven o' clock. 這酒館的打烊時間是十一點。

Sugar is under allocation during war time. 戰(zhàn)爭時期糖是配給的。

It was the happiest time in his wife . 那是他一生之中最幸福的時期。

The room is three times larger than that one. 這個房間比那個大三倍。

He failed his driving test five times. 他考駕駛執(zhí)照五次都沒及格。

Three-fourths meter is waltz time. 三/四拍是華爾滋曲的節(jié)拍。

The syncopated music for this dance in4/4 time. 曼波曲跳這種舞所用的切分音樂，節(jié)拍為4/4拍

用作動詞 (v.)

The experienced car racer can always time his start to perfection. 那位經(jīng)驗豐富的車手總是能夠完美地掌握出發(fā)的時間。

To time a race is to see how long it takes. 賽跑計時就是看看比賽要花多少時間。

This egg is hard---you didn't time it properly. 這雞蛋煮老了---你沒掌握好火候.

He timed that shot beautifully. 他這一擊時間恰到好處。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The earth is divided into 24 time zones. 地球被分為二十四個時區(qū)。

The heating is on a time switch. 暖氣靠定時開關(guān)自動供熱。

The police defected a time bomb in the building. 警察在那幢大樓里查出一枚定時炸彈。

a time payment 分期付款

a time loan 定期貸款

This time draft will fall due at the end of this year. 這張期票年底到期。

centimetre

n.厘米

=centimeter（美）

daytime

n.白天；日間

lifetime

n.一生；終身；壽命；使用期限

meantime

adv.與此同時

n.同時；其間

overtime

n.加班時間(加班加點費)；(比賽)延長時間

adv.在規(guī)定時間之外(超出時間地)

pastime

n.消遣；娛樂