1 [C] a period of 60 minutes 小时；钟头: He studies for three hoursmost evenings. 大多数夜晚他要学习三个小时。The programme lasts about half an hour. 那个节目长半小时。I'm going shopping now. I'll be back in about an hour. 我要去买些东西，大约一个钟头后回来。 In two hours' timeI'll be having lunch. 我两个钟头后吃中饭。a four-hour journey 四个小时的路程Japan is eight hours ahead of the UK. 日本比英国早八个小时。I get paid by the hour. 我是按钟点计酬的。How much do you get paid per/an hour ? 你的时薪多少？

2 [C] the distance that you can travel in about 60 minutes 一小时行程: London is only two hours away. 去伦敦只要两个小时。

3 hours [pl] the period of time when sb is working or a shop, etc is open 工作时间；营业时间: Employees are demanding shorter working hours. 雇员要求缩短工作时间。

4 [C] a period of about an hour when sth particular happens 约一小时的时间: I'm going shopping in my lunch hour. 午饭时候，我要去买东西。The traffic is very bad in the rush hour. 上下班的时候交通很混乱。

5 the hour [sing] the time when a new hour starts (= 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc) …点钟: Buses are on the hour and at twenty past the hour. 公共汽车在每个钟头正点及其后二十分开出一班。

6 hours [pl] a long time 长时间: He went on speaking for hours and hours. 他不停地讲了很长很长时间。