名詞 clocking:

1. the time taken to traverse a measured course

動詞 clock:

1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
   同義詞：clock, time

1. It's a quarter to4 o'clock.There are only5 minutes left to the end of the game.Our team, with a4 to0 lead, are simply running out the clock.
   現(xiàn)在是3：45分，離比賽結(jié)束只剩5分鐘了，我們隊以4比0領(lǐng)先，現(xiàn)在只是在打防守戰(zhàn)。
2. I've set the clock for6:30 so that we can be up early to climb mountain before breakfast.
   我把表定在6：30鬧響，這樣我們可以早起在早飯前爬山。
3. The new censorship law will put the clock back (by) 50 years.
   新的審查條例是開倒車，要退回到50年前的水平。
4. He clocked 9.8 seconds for the 100 metres.
   他100米跑了9.8秒。