body clock
英 [ˈbɒdi klɒk]
美 [ˈbɑːdi klɑːk]
n. (人体)生物钟
牛津词典
noun
- (人体)生物钟
the natural tendency that your body has to sleep, eat, etc. at particular times of the day
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (人体)生物钟,生理时钟
Yourbody clockis the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day.- Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
由于人体生物钟不能迅速对时差作出调整,因而产生了飞机时差反应。
- Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
双语例句
- Coffee delays the body clock in the morning and advances it at night.
咖啡在早上可以延迟人体时钟,在晚上可以提早人体时钟。 - He says it helps turn energy into sugar to be utilised by cells in the body and that it also plays a role in controlling the body clock.
他说,这有助于利用体内细胞把能量转化成糖,并且对控制人体生物钟也起作用。 - He said: If you do not get any other light during the day, make sure you get out and experience morning light, which help set the body clock.
福斯特教授说:如果白天室内没有照明的话,你一定要出去体验一下早晨的明媚灿烂的阳光,这对调节身体生物钟会起到帮助作用。 - And although that may sound pretty unrelated to your own body clock, the team showed that most of these genes are found in mammals, too.
尽管这听起来和生物钟不甚相关,研究团队表明这些基因也大都可以在哺乳动物身上找到。 - I only arrived in London yesterday and my body clock is still on New York time.
我昨天刚到伦敦,而我的生物钟仍然是纽约时间。 - Most people can adjust their body clock quickly.
大多数人都能迅速调整自己的生物钟。 - Regular exercise is important too-it helps regulate your body clock.
有规律地做些运动也很重要,能够帮你规律你的生物钟。 - This prevents your natural body clock from waking you up in the middle of the night.
这可以防止你的天然生物钟在半夜把你唤醒。 - Earlier this year, leading scientists from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, warned that a lack of sleep can cause severe health problems, such as cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, because it upsets the body clock.
今年年初,来自牛津、剑桥和哈佛大学的科学家们警告称,睡眠不足会导致严重的健康问题,比如癌症、心脏病、二型糖尿病和肥胖症等,因为睡眠不足会打乱身体生物钟。 - Wakes sleeper at preset time. Synchronize your body clock by getting up and going to bed at the same time every day.
在事先调整好的时间到时把睡觉人叫醒的时钟。调整好你的生物钟,每天按固定时间睡觉和起床。