biological clock

英 [ˌbaɪəˌlɒdʒɪkl ˈklɒk]

美 [ˌbaɪəˌlɑːdʒɪkl ˈklɑːk]

n.  生物钟; 生理钟

计算机化学

牛津词典

noun

• 生物钟；生理钟
  a natural system in living things that controls regular physical activities such as sleeping
  1. At 35, Kate's biological clock was ticking (= she was beginning to think that she would soon be too old to have children) .
     到35岁时，凯特的生物钟开始滴答作响（她开始觉得她很快就会年龄大得不宜生育了）。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 生物钟
  Yourbiological clockis your body's way of registering time. It does not rely on events such as day or night, but on factors such as your habits, your age, and chemical changes taking place in your body.
  1. For women, the 'biological clock' governs the time for having children.
     对于女性来说，“生物钟”控制着怀孕的时间。

英英释义

noun

• an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

双语例句

• Use sunlight to set your biological clock
  把阳光当作你的生物钟
• Housed in the hypothalamus, the portion of the brain that also controls sex drive and appetite, your biological clock is difficult to alter.
  位于脑下丘之中，作为脑子的一部分，您的生物钟还控制着性别，动力和胃口，难以改变。
• And your biological clock stopped ticking.
  而且你的生理时钟也已停止了。
• I do not hear a biological clock ticking, only the nerve wrecking ticks of bombs yet to explode.
  我听不见生物钟的滴答作响，只听到即将爆炸的炸弹那令人神经崩溃的走秒声。
• A ticking biological clock sometimes isn't enough. That's where science steps in and helps it along.
  有时仅靠“滴答”作响的生物钟是不够的，这时需要科学的介入和帮忙了。
• This paper reviews the signal transduction pathways regulated by light in the biological clock.
  本文综述了光信号对高等植物生物钟的调节作用和转导途径。
• The biological clock and gravitational forces don't show any kindness, either.
  生物钟和万有引力也不会怜悯你的。
• The biological clock controls the body's activities through the release of hormones based on the time of day.
  人体内的生物钟在一天中的不间释放荷尔蒙来控制身体活动。
• When the fly lays its eggs it starts a biological clock ticking.
  当苍蝇产完卵，它就启动了一个生物时钟。
• For women, the 'biological clock' governs the time for having children.
  对于女性来说，“生物钟”控制着怀孕的时间。