Word · Frequency #7805
times
时期；时代
A more or less definite period of time in the past or present.
- 1.
The circumstances of a certain time.
某一时期的情况。
- 2.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
一个或多个相对明确的时间段
- 3.
A person's experiences or biography.
一个人的经历或传记。
- 4.
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
一种与除法相反的算术运算；两个数字的乘积
时势；世道；经历；生平；乘法；相乘；某一时期的情况。；一个或多个相对明确的时间段
In use
In ancient times, people wrote letters by hand.
These are difficult times for many young people.
She often remembers the happy times of her childhood.
it was a sign of the times
four times three equals twelve
X times Y (multiplication)
表示乘法运算，X和Y为数字。
4 times 5 equals 20.
4乘以5等于20。
X times as ... as Y (comparison of equality)
表示倍数的同级比较，意为“是…的X倍”。
This box is three times as heavy as that one.
这个箱子是那个箱子的三倍重。
Connections
Collocations
- modern times
- 现代；当今
- The Internet has changed communication in modern times.互联网改变了现代社会的交流方式。
- ancient times
- 古代
- People in ancient times used stone tools.古代人使用石器。
- times table
- 乘法表
- The teacher asked us to recite the times table.老师让我们背诵乘法表。
- times sign
- 乘号
- The times sign is written as a small cross.乘号写成一个小叉号。
- at times
- 有时；偶尔
- At times, I feel like giving up.有时，我想放弃。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 times 想成“时间”的复数：时间一段段过去，就有好几个 time；几个相同数连加，就是乘（times）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：time references、arithmetic、everyday conversation times 作名词时，可表示时间段或乘法运算；两种含义在一般书面语和口语中都比较常见，因此这里选择中性语域。
Grammar Note
作介词时，times 后接数词或名词短语表示“乘以”，如 three times two。作名词时指“时代、时期”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Pronunciation note: 'times' is pronounced /taɪmz/. The words crimes, chimes, climes, limes, and rhymes all end with the same vowel and final consonant sounds /aɪmz/ (rhymes uses the spelling -ymes for the same sound). Do not confuse this with 'tames' /teɪmz/, which looks similar but has a different vowel sound (/eɪ/), so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.