bottom of the hour

短语

词形变化

bottoms of the hour 复数 bottoms of the hour bottoms of the hours bottoms of the hours 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The time at (or very close to) half the next hour of time.

    At seven o'clock, he said to get in touch with him again at the bottom of the hour, so I called him back at seven thirty.

词源

Refers to the time when the position of the long hand is pointing toward the number 6, or exactly halfway between the preceding hour and the upcoming one.

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