一、o'clock 英 [əˈklɒk] 美 [əˈklɑ:k]
adv .…点钟
例句
1. It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
今晚我做完的时候刚过7点。
2. I told you, man! It'll be sometime after eight o'clock.
老兄，我告诉过你了，时间是八点以后。
3. We waited until five o'clock, but he did not show up.
我们一直等到了5点，但是他始终没有露面。
4. We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.
我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。
5. She should be back by ten o'clock at the latest.
她最晚应该在10点前回来。
二、
1.o'clock是of the clock的缩略式,表示“几点钟”“几点整”,不与分钟连用。
2.o'clock是副词,须与数词搭配,前面须用介词at。
3.在13至24点之间的整点时间,不用o'clock,而用hours。o'clock不能和p.m.(下午)或a.m.(上午)一起使用。
4.在英式英语中, o'clock前可用英语数词,也可用阿拉伯数字; 而在美式英语中, o'clock前只能加英语数词。
5.询问时间时,一般不可用o'clock,而用what time...?
