twenty-four-hour clock

短语

发音

UK /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔːɹˌaʊə ˈklɒk/
US /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹˌaʊəɹ ˈklɔk/
US /-ɾi-/
US /-ˈklɑk/

词形变化

twenty-four-hour clocks 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of 24-hour clock (“a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are treated as a single period rather than two sets of 12 hours, with the result that midnight is indicated as 00:00 (or sometimes 24:00), and the hours from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m. as 13:00 to 23:00”).

词源

From twenty-four + hour + clock.

来源：wiktionary