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

• Once you learn to synchronize your body's biological clock, your body will know when to sleep and when to be alert.1.Wake at the Same Time Every Day.
  一旦你学会了如何调整身体的时钟，你的身体就知道什么时候睡觉、什么时候要清醒。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And your biological clock stopped ticking.
  而且你的生理时钟也已停止了。
• Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior.
  每一种生物都有控制自己行为的时钟，科学家们称之为生物钟。
• However, previous studies have also suggested that the biological clock ticks for men too.
  而先前的研究显示男性同样也有生理钟。
• 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。
• This suggests the intuition is at its strongest not just when the biological clock is ticking – but also when they are, quite literally, in the mood for love.
  这说明这种那个直觉最强的时候不仅仅是在生理时钟上的某一刹那，而当她们真正处于恋爱的情绪中时也是同样。
• Her biological clock was ticking and she wanted to have a baby.
  她的生理时钟在起变化，所以她想要有个小孩。