times 音标拼音: [t'ɑɪmz]
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times n 1 :
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present ; "
it was a sign of the times "
2 :
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division ;
the product of two numbers is computed ; "
the multiplication of four by three gives twelve "; "
four times three equals twelve "
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synonym : {
multiplication }, {
times }]
Time \
Time \,
n .;
pl . {
Times }. [
OE .
time ,
AS .
t [
imac ]
ma ,
akin to t [
imac ]
d time ,
and to Icel .
t [
imac ]
mi ,
Dan .
time an hour ,
Sw .
timme . [
root ]
58 .
See {
Tide },
n .]
1 .
Duration ,
considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof .
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The time wasteth [
i .
e .
passes away ]
night and day .
--
Chaucer .
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I know of no ideas . . .
that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time . --
Reid .
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2 .
A particular period or part of duration ,
whether past ,
present ,
or future ;
a point or portion of duration ;
as ,
the time was ,
or has been ;
the time is ,
or will be .
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God ,
who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets .
--
Heb .
i .
1 .
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3 .
The period at which any definite event occurred ,
or person lived ;
age ;
period ;
era ;
as ,
the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth ; --
often in the plural ;
as ,
ancient times ;
modern times .
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4 .
The duration of one '
s life ;
the hours and days which a person has at his disposal .
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Believe me ,
your time is not your own ;
it belongs to God ,
to religion ,
to mankind . --
Buckminster .
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5 .
A proper time ;
a season ;
an opportunity .
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There is . . .
a time to every purpose . --
Eccl .
iii .
1 .
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The time of figs was not yet . --
Mark xi .
13 .
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6 .
Hour of travail ,
delivery ,
or parturition .
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She was within one month of her time . --
Clarendon .
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7 .
Performance or occurrence of an action or event ,
considered with reference to repetition ;
addition of a number to itself ;
repetition ;
as ,
to double cloth four times ;
four times four ,
or sixteen .
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Summers three times eight save one . --
Milton .
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8 .
The present life ;
existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life ;
definite ,
as contrasted with infinite ,
duration .
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Till time and sin together cease . --
Keble .
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9 . (
Gram .)
Tense .
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10 . (
Mus .)
The measured duration of sounds ;
measure ;
tempo ;
rate of movement ;
rhythmical division ;
as ,
common or triple time ;
the musician keeps good time .
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Some few lines set unto a solemn time . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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Note :
Time is often used in the formation of compounds ,
mostly self -
explaining ;
as ,
time -
battered ,
time -
beguiling ,
time -
consecrated ,
time -
consuming ,
time -
enduring ,
time -
killing ,
time -
sanctioned ,
time -
scorner ,
time -
wasting ,
time -
worn ,
etc .
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{
Absolute time },
time irrespective of local standards or epochs ;
as ,
all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time .
{
Apparent time },
the time of day reckoned by the sun ,
or so that 12 o '
clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun '
s center over the meridian .
{
Astronomical time },
mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty -
four from one noon to the next .
{
At times },
at distinct intervals of duration ;
now and then ;
as ,
at times he reads ,
at other times he rides .
{
Civil time },
time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods ,
as years ,
months ,
days ,
hours ,
etc .,
the latter ,
among most modern nations ,
being divided into two series of twelve each ,
and reckoned ,
the first series from midnight to noon ,
the second ,
from noon to midnight .
{
Common time } (
Mil .),
the ordinary time of marching ,
in which ninety steps ,
each twenty -
eight inches in length ,
are taken in one minute .
{
Equation of time }.
See under {
Equation },
n .
{
In time }.
(
a )
In good season ;
sufficiently early ;
as ,
he arrived in time to see the exhibition .
(
b )
After a considerable space of duration ;
eventually ;
finally ;
as ,
you will in time recover your health and strength .
{
Mean time }.
See under 4th {
Mean }.
{
Quick time } (
Mil .),
time of marching ,
in which one hundred and twenty steps ,
each thirty inches in length ,
are taken in one minute .
{
Sidereal time }.
See under {
Sidereal }.
{
Standard time },
the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country .
In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time .
In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people ,
viz .,
Eastern ,
Central ,
Mountain ,
and Pacific time ,
corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th ,
90th ,
105th ,
and 120th meridians west from Greenwich ,
and being therefore five ,
six ,
seven ,
and eight hours slower than Greenwich time .
{
Time ball },
a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole ,
to indicate true midday time ,
as at Greenwich Observatory ,
England . --
Nichol .
{
Time bargain } (
Com .),
a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise ,
or of stock in the public funds ,
at a certain time in the future .
{
Time bill }.
Same as {
Time -
table }. [
Eng .]
{
Time book },
a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked .
{
Time detector },
a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat .
{
Time enough },
in season ;
early enough . "
Stanly at Bosworth field , . . .
came time enough to save his life ." --
Bacon .
{
Time fuse },
a fuse ,
as for an explosive projectile ,
which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited .
{
Time immemorial },
or {
Time out of mind }. (
Eng .
Law )
See under {
Immemorial }.
{
Time lock },
a lock having clockwork attached ,
which ,
when wound up ,
prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked ,
until a certain interval of time has elapsed .
{
Time of day },
salutation appropriate to the times of the day ,
as "
good morning ," "
good evening ,"
and the like ;
greeting .
{
To kill time }.
See under {
Kill },
v .
t .
{
To make time }.
(
a )
To gain time .
(
b )
To occupy or use (
a certain )
time in doing something ;
as ,
the trotting horse made fast time .
{
To move against time }, {
To run against time },
or {
To go against time },
to move ,
run ,
or go a given distance without a competitor ,
in the quickest possible time ;
or ,
to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time ;
as ,
the horse is to run against time .
{
True time }.
(
a )
Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly .
(
b ) (
Astron .)
Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun '
s center over the meridian .
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48 Moby Thesaurus words for "
times ":
affairs ,
circumstances ,
concerns ,
condition of things ,
conditions ,
contemporaneity ,
contemporaneousness ,
dealings ,
doings ,
goings -
on ,
historical present ,
life ,
march of events ,
matters ,
modernity ,
newness ,
now ,
nowadays ,
nowness ,
our times ,
present ,
present tense ,
presentness ,
proceedings ,
relations ,
run of things ,
state of affairs ,
the Now Generation ,
the nonce ,
the now ,
the present ,
the present age ,
the present day ,
the present hour ,
the present juncture ,
the present time ,
the time being ,
the times ,
the world ,
these days ,
this day ,
this hour ,
this instant ,
this moment ,
this point ,
this stage ,
today ,
what happens
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