clock

rund um die Uhr

In „around the clock“: den ganzen Tag und die ganze Nacht hindurch, ohne Unterbrechung.

In einfachem Englisch: In “around the clock,” throughout the whole day and night, without stopping.

• Nurses cared for him around the clock.
• The factory operates around the clock.
• Teams worked around the clock to repair the bridge.

Häufige Wendungen: around the clock, work around the clock

Kilometerzähler

Gerät in einem Fahrzeug, das die insgesamt gefahrene Strecke anzeigt.

In einfachem Englisch: The device in a vehicle that shows the total distance it has travelled.

• This car has fifty thousand miles on the clock.
• Check the clock before buying a used van.
• The clock showed a much higher mileage than advertised.

So benutzt man es: on the clock (The van has ninety thousand miles on the clock.)

Synonyme: odometer, mileometer

Häufige Wendungen: miles on clock, clock reading

stempeln

Die Ankunftszeit oder Feierabendzeit bei der Arbeit festhalten, meist mit einem Gerät oder Computer.

In einfachem Englisch: To record when you arrive at work or leave it, usually using a machine or computer.

• Please clock in before work.
• She clocked out at six yesterday.
• Have you forgotten to clock in again?

So benutzt man es: clock in (All staff must clock in before starting work.); clock out (Remember to clock out at the end of your shift.)

Synonyme: punch in, punch out

Häufige Wendungen: clock in, clock out, clock in late

stoppen, die Geschwindigkeit messen

Messen, wie schnell sich etwas bewegt oder wie lange etwas dauert.

In einfachem Englisch: To measure how fast something moves or how long it takes.

• We clocked the runner’s time.
• Police clocked her car at eighty miles an hour.
• The coach clocked him at twelve seconds over one hundred metres.

So benutzt man es: clock someone/something at a speed/time (Police clocked the motorbike at ninety miles an hour.)

Synonyme: time

Häufige Wendungen: clock a runner, clock someone at, clock a car

erzielen, erreichen

Eine bestimmte Geschwindigkeit erreichen oder etwas in einer bestimmten Zeit abschließen.

In einfachem Englisch: To reach a particular speed or finish something in a particular amount of time.

• She clocked a personal best.
• The winner clocked ten seconds in the final.
• His latest marathon clocked in at three hours.

So benutzt man es: clock in at a time (The journey clocked in at just under six hours.)

Synonyme: record, register

Häufige Wendungen: clock a time, clock a speed, clock in at

ansammeln, zusammenbringen

Im Laufe der Zeit eine bestimmte Gesamtmenge erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: To reach a total amount of something over a period of time.

• We clocked up five hundred miles.
• He has clocked up years of teaching experience.
• How many flight hours have you clocked up?

So benutzt man es: clock up something (She has clocked up twenty years with the company.)

Synonyme: accumulate, rack up, amass

Häufige Wendungen: clock up miles, clock up hours, clock up something

schlagen, boxen

Jemandem einen kräftigen Schlag versetzen, meist gegen den Kopf oder ins Gesicht.

In einfachem Englisch: To hit someone hard, usually on the head or face.

• He clocked me on the head.
• She clocked him when he grabbed her arm.
• One punch clocked the boxer right in the jaw.

So benutzt man es: clock someone on/in a body part (He clocked the attacker on the jaw.)

Synonyme: punch, hit, smack

Häufige Wendungen: clock someone, clock someone hard

bemerken, erkennen

Jemanden oder etwas bemerken oder erkennen, wie jemand oder etwas wirklich ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To notice someone or something, or realize what they are like.

• I clocked her by the door.
• He quickly clocked the mistake in the address.
• She had already clocked him as someone who liked an argument.

So benutzt man es: clock someone/something as something (I clocked him as a regular customer straight away.)

Synonyme: notice, spot, recognize

Häufige Wendungen: clock someone, clock something, clock someone as