复合形式：
hour | hr |
24-hour,
twenty-four-hour n as adj | (lasting 24 hours) | SCSimplified Chinese 24小时的 |
24-hour,
twenty-four-hour n as adj | (open all day, night) | SCSimplified Chinese 24小时的，昼夜的 |
| | There's a 24-hour ATM on the corner. |
amp-hour,
ampere-hour,
Ah n | (amount of energy in battery) (电池容量) | SCSimplified Chinese 安培小时，安时 |
| any hour adv | (any time) | SCSimplified Chinese 任何时间 rèn hé shí jiān
TCTraditional Chinese 任何時間 |
| at an early hour adv | (early in the morning) | SCSimplified Chinese 一大早地 yí dà zǎo de |
| | My grandmother had the custom of rising at an early hour. |
| at the eleventh hour adv | figurative (at the last moment) | SCSimplified Chinese 在最后一刻 zài zuì hòu yí kè |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 关键时刻 zài zuì hòu yí kè，guān jiàn shí kè
TCTraditional Chinese 關鍵時刻 |
| | At the eleventh hour, the supplies reached the starving villagers. |
| cocktail hour n | (pre-dinner drinks) | SCSimplified Chinese 鸡尾酒时间 jī wěi jiǔ shí jiān |
| | The group meets at sunset for a pre-dinner cocktail hour. |
| credit hour | (education) | SCSimplified Chinese 学时 |
| dollars an hour npl | (hourly pay rate) | SCSimplified Chinese 美元时薪 |
| | I receive 10 dollars an hour for baby-sitting. |
| eleventh-hour adj | (at last possible moment) | SCSimplified Chinese 最后一刻 zuì hòu yí kè
TCTraditional Chinese 最後一刻 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 最后关头 zuì hòu yí kè，zuì hòu guān tóu |
| | The heroine carried out an eleventh-hour rescue that was truly dramatic. |
| from hour to hour adv | (between one hour and the next) | SCSimplified Chinese 时时 shí shí
TCTraditional Chinese 時時 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 时时刻刻地 shí shí，shí shí kè kè de |
| | When he was first admitted to the hospital his prognosis kept changing from hour to hour. |
| half an hour n | (30 minutes) | SCSimplified Chinese 半（个）小时 bàn gè xiǎo shí |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 30分钟 |
| | It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
half hour,
half an hour n | (30 minutes) | SCSimplified Chinese 半小时 bàn xiǎo shí
TCTraditional Chinese 半小時 |
| | I ran for a good half hour. |
| | It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
| | 我跑了整整半个小时的步。 |
| | 我早上只花了半个小时就收拾停当了。 |
| half-hour n as adj | (lasting 30 minutes) | SCSimplified Chinese 半小时的 |
| | I go for a half-hour run every morning. |
| happy hour n | (bar: discount time) | SCSimplified Chinese （下班后喝酒聊天的）开心一刻 xià bān hòu hē jiǔ liáo tiān de kāi xīn yí kè |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 快乐时间 xià bān hòu hē jiǔ liáo tiān de kāi xīn yí kè，kuài lè shí jiān |
| | All cocktails are $5 during happy hour. |
| hour after hour adv | (continuously for many hours) | SCSimplified Chinese 时时刻刻 shí shí kè kè
TCTraditional Chinese 時時刻刻 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 一刻又一刻 shí shí kè kè，yí kè yòu yí kè |
| | The police studied hour after hour of CCTV footage in order to identify the thieves. |
hour by hour,
hour-by-hour adj | (hourly) | SCSimplified Chinese 每小时的 měi xiǎo shí de
TCTraditional Chinese 每小時的 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 按小时的 měi xiǎo shí de ，àn xiǎo shí de |
| hour by hour adv | (on an hourly basis) | SCSimplified Chinese 按小时地 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 以小时计 |
| hour hand n | (clock's shorter hand) | SCSimplified Chinese 时针 shí zhēn
TCTraditional Chinese 時針 |
| | The hour hand makes two complete rotations of the clock face every day. |
kilometer per hour (US),
kilometre per hour (UK) n | usually plural (speed) | SCSimplified Chinese 每小时公里数 |
| kilowatt-hour n | (unit of energy) | SCSimplified Chinese 千瓦时, 一度 |
| kph n | invariable, written, abbreviation (kilometer per hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 千米/小时 |
| kWh n | invariable, written, abbreviation (kilowatt-hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 千瓦时 |
| lunch hour n | (pause from work to eat midday meal) | SCSimplified Chinese 午餐时间 wǔ cān shí jiān
TCTraditional Chinese 午餐時間 |
| | I take my lunch hour between noon and one o'clock. |
magic hour,
golden hour n | figurative (photography: sunrise or sunset) (摄影) | SCSimplified Chinese 黄金时刻 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 魔幻时刻 |
| man-hour n | (amount of work done) (每人每小时的工作量) | SCSimplified Chinese 工时
TCTraditional Chinese 工時 |
mile per hour,
mile an hour n | usually plural (speed) | SCSimplified Chinese 每小时…英里 měi xiǎo shí yīng lǐ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 每小时英里数 |
| | The speed limit on British motorways is seventy miles per hour. |
| | The police stopped me for going twenty miles per hour over the speed limit. |
| mph n | invariable, usually plural, abbreviation (mile per hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 每小时英里数 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 英里/小时 |
| | The speed limit is 65mph. |
| off-hour n | often plural (time not working) | SCSimplified Chinese 非工作时间 |
| off-hour adj | (during non-working time) | SCSimplified Chinese 非工作时间的 |
| on the hour expr | (when the clock strikes the hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 准点 zhǔn diǎn |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 在整点时刻 |
quarter hour,
quarter-hour n | (15 minutes: quarter of an hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 15分钟 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 一刻钟 yí kè zhōng
TCTraditional Chinese 一刻鐘 |
| the quarter-hour n | (15 minutes to or past the hour) | SCSimplified Chinese 差一刻钟 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 过一刻钟 |
| | You'll have to wait for the quarter hour to hear the clock chime again. |
| rush hour n | (peak traffic times) | SCSimplified Chinese 高峰时间 gāo fēng shí jiān
TCTraditional Chinese 高峰時間 |
| | The city roads are in chaos during the rush hour. |
| | 上下班高峰期，城市道路一片混乱。 |
rush hour,
rush-hour n as adj | (peak traffic times) | SCSimplified Chinese 高峰期 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 高峰时间 gāo fēng shí jiān
TCTraditional Chinese 高峰時間 |
| 备注: A hyphen may be used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | Stan left work early to avoid the rush hour traffic. |
| | 斯坦提早下班，以避开高峰时段的交通。 |
| under an hour adv | (less than 60 minutes) | SCSimplified Chinese 不到一小时 bú dào yì xiǎo shí |
| | It takes under an hour to fly from Seville to Madrid. |
| witching hour n | (midnight) | SCSimplified Chinese 巫师出没的时刻 wū shī chū mò de shí kè |
| | It's the witching hour so we really must leave. |