Time

(noun.) the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past.

(noun.) a person's experience on a particular occasion; 'he had a time holding back the tears'; 'they had a good time together'.

(noun.) an instance or single occasion for some event; 'this time he succeeded'; 'he called four times'; 'he could do ten at a clip'.

(noun.) an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); 'he waited a long time'; 'the time of year for planting'; 'he was a great actor in his time'.

(noun.) a suitable moment; 'it is time to go'.

(noun.) a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; 'take time to smell the roses'; 'I didn't have time to finish'; 'it took more than half my time'.

(verb.) adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; 'The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely'.

(verb.) regulate or set the time of; 'time the clock'.

(verb.) assign a time for an activity or event; 'The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene'.

(verb.) set the speed, duration, or execution of; 'we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely'.

校对:谢尔比

• Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The perfect impregnation of the water with gas, however, requires time. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I'm glad she got back in time. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You'll hit something next time, if you look sharp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You will have my sketches, some time or other, to look ator my tour to reador my poem. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• We thank you many times. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It is like the happy old times to have you here. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was twice--twenty times as fine; not one quarter as comfortable. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I have noticed you go past our house, sir, several times in the course of the last week or so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It's convenient to have you at all times ready on the premises. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He did not approach Gudrun violently, he was never ill-timed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If you have really meant to give me a proof of your good opinion, though ill-timed and misplaced, I feel that I ought to thank you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• So well-timed, is it not? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Those who are timed for destruction must die now. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Fanny's spirit was as much refreshed as her body; her head and heart were soon the better for such well-timed kindness. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Mr. Holmes, this joking is very ill-timed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The woman was holding her wrist and timing the pains with a watch. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Together we raced across the scarlet sward, I timing my speed that I might not outdistance my slower companion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Later he invent ed simple pendulum devices for timing the pulse of patients, and even made some advances in applying his discovery in the construction of pendulum clocks. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I appreciate the difficulty caused by the timing of the blowing of the bridge. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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