hour/aʊər $ aʊr/

n. ^➊ a period of 60 minutes

^➋ the time of a specified activity

n. [C]

➊ 小时：There are 24 hours in a day. 一天有24小时。

◇half an hour 半小时

◇one hour and a half 一个半小时

◇He's paid by the hour. 他按小时获得报酬。

◇They talked for hours. 他们谈了好久（或：好几小时）。

➋ 时间，时刻：the lunch hour 午饭时间

◇business hours 营业时间

音组-our/aʊər $ aʊr/

hour; our; sour

同音 hour; our

常犯错误

✗ Four hours are needed.

✓ Four hours is needed. 需要4个小时。

[✌看成一个时间段时用单数]

用法a four hours' journey = a four hour journey = a four-hour journey