body clock

英 [ˈbɒdi klɒk]

美 [ˈbɑːdi klɑːk]

n.  (人体)生物钟

医学

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• They have found previously unknown cells in the eye known as the retinal ganglion cells, that respond to blue light which shifts the body clock to new time zones.
  他们先前已经在眼睛中发现了没有被人们认知的细胞，叫做视网膜神经节细胞，这种细胞对蓝光起反应，把人体生物钟调向新的时区。
• 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。
• When choosing a time of day to exercise, paying attention to your body clock can improve results.
  在选择每日锻炼时间的时候，关注生物钟能提升锻炼成果。
• When the body clock can synchronize the rhythms of its natural processes in response to light and other natural influences, it gives us an edge in daily life, says Kay.
  史蒂夫•凯说：当生物钟在光线以及其他自然因素影响下，与生理节奏同步时，它便会为我们的日常生活增添砝码。
• The problem with office lighting is that it is not made up of 'blue' light, which is the wavelength of light you get from the sun and which controls your body clock.
  办公室照明所存在的问题是，它不是由你从太阳得到的光的波长且能掌控你生物钟的‘蓝光’组成。
• 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。
• Your lifestyle is disrupting your body clock.
  你的生活习惯正扰乱你的生理时钟。
• Research into circadian rhythms has led to the discovery of a new and unanticipated molecular cog in the human body clock.
  对生理节律的研究，发现了人体生物钟上一个不曾预料到的新分子齿轮。
• If you've noticed these kinds of rhythms in your own body clock, use them to your advantage.
  如果你注意到自己的生物钟里存在这种节奏，学着好好利用。
• 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。