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。 - 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。 - A growing body of research suggests that paying attention to the body clock, and its effects on energy and alertness, can help pinpoint the different times of day when most of us perform our best at specific tasks, from resolving conflicts to thinking creatively.
越来越多的研究表明,多加重视生物钟及其对人的精力和清醒度的影响有助于我们精确找到大多数人一天中从事具体活动无论是解决矛盾还是创造性思维的最佳时间。 - An out-of-sync body clock can raise your risk of cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and lead to weight gain, according to new research.
根据最新科学研究显示,与生物钟不同步的作息时间可能会增加你患癌症、心脏病和2型糖尿病的危险,还可能导致增重。 - Your lifestyle is disrupting your body clock.
你的生活习惯正扰乱你的生理时钟。 - 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。 - 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。 - My body clock is all wrong.
我的生物钟紊乱了。 - That's when I discovered that our body clock could be controlled externally. '
然后我发现原来我们的生物钟可以从外部控制。 - 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。