clock

昼夜を問わず、二十四時間

「around the clock」で、昼も夜も休まず続けること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： around the clock, work around the clock

走行距離計

車がこれまでに走った距離の合計を示す装置。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： on the clock (The van has ninety thousand miles on the clock.)

類義語： odometer, mileometer

よく使う表現： miles on clock, clock reading

出退勤を記録する

通常は機械やコンピューターで、出勤や退勤の時刻を記録する。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： clock in (All staff must clock in before starting work.); clock out (Remember to clock out at the end of your shift.)

類義語： punch in, punch out

よく使う表現： clock in, clock out, clock in late

計時する、速度を測る

動く速さや、かかる時間を測る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clock someone/something at a speed/time (Police clocked the motorbike at ninety miles an hour.)

類義語： time

よく使う表現： clock a runner, clock someone at, clock a car

記録する

ある速度に達したり、ある時間でやり終えたりして記録を出す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clock in at a time (The journey clocked in at just under six hours.)

類義語： record, register

よく使う表現： clock a time, clock a speed, clock in at

積み重ねる、累積する

時間をかけて積み重ね、ある合計量に達する。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： clock up something (She has clocked up twenty years with the company.)

類義語： accumulate, rack up, amass

よく使う表現： clock up miles, clock up hours, clock up something

殴る

人を、普通は頭や顔に、強く殴る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clock someone on/in a body part (He clocked the attacker on the jaw.)

類義語： punch, hit, smack

よく使う表現： clock someone, clock someone hard

気づく、見抜く

人や物に気づく、またはその正体や性質を見抜く。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clock someone/something as something (I clocked him as a regular customer straight away.)

類義語： notice, spot, recognize

よく使う表現： clock someone, clock something, clock someone as