clocks in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for clocks in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.clock [klɒk] N

1. clock (for time):

clock

sat m

clock

časovnik m

to run against the clock

trkati se s vremenom

to work against the clock

žuriti

round the clock

dan i noć

2. clock (speedometer):

clock

brzinomer m

II.clock [klɒk] VB trans

1. clock (measure speed):

the police clocked him doing 90 mph

policija ga je uhvatila kako vozi 90 milja na sat

to be clocked at [or to clock] 10 seconds in [or for] the 100 metres

istrčati sto metara za deset sekundi

2. clock inf (strike):

to clock sb [one]

zviznuti nekog

'time clock N

time clock

sat m za overu radnih sati

'wall clock N

wall clock

zidni sat m

'clock-watch·er N pej

clock-watcher

onaj ko stalno gleda na sat iz dosade ili zato što mu se ne radi

clock 'ra·dio N

clock radio

radio časovnik m

'cuckoo clock N

cuckoo clock

sat m sa kukavicom

'clock face N

clock face

brojčanik m na časovniku

'alarm clock N

alarm clock

budilnik m

quartz 'clock N

quartz clock

kvarcni sat m

clock out VB intr

clock out

zabeležiti vreme odlaska s posla

clocks Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to run against the clock

trkati se s vremenom

to work against the clock

žuriti

to be [or run] [10 minutes] slow clock, watch

kasniti [deset minuta]

to put forward the clock/time forward

pomeriti sat/vreme unapred

her eyes kept straying to the clock

pogled mu stalno odlazio na sat

working of a clock

satni mehanizam

to turn back ⇄ the clocks

vratiti se na staro

the clock chimed eleven

sat je otkucao jedanaest

to be up with the clock

biti usaglašen s određenim vremenom

to be open round-the-clock shops

biti otvoren non-stop

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The term is often applied to the electrically powered mechanical clocks that were used before quartz clocks replaced them in the 1980s.

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To date these devices have included roll-players, pocket-sized potato cannons, clocks and color wheels designed to distinguish different kinds of potato chips.

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But this disposition does not always manifest itself with the exactitude of clocks; it is often capricious and pertains to various exterior and psychic causes.

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The machinery and needles of the clocks were changed while the clock's main dial was unchanged.

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The clocks are resynchronized frequently enough to assure that this causes no problems.

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Originally, it showed "each decimal digit" of sexagesimal time as a binary value, but presently binary clocks also exist which display hours, minutes, and seconds as binary numbers.

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Real alarm clocks are not expensive, so by investing in one you'll remove one of the biggest distractions that's stopping you from getting shut-eye.

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The clocks around 130, 150, and 175 nanoseconds.

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With deep and highly customisable settings, countdown clocks, and a self-imposed lock-out feature that's very time-consuming to undo, you'll never dilly-dally online while you should be working again.

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This is another indication that at that time cuckoo clocks could not have been an important market segment.

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