body clock

英 [ˈbɒdi klɒk]

美 [ˈbɑːdi klɑːk]

n.  (人体)生物钟

医学

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• He said: Light is not just important to the visual system, it helps regulate the brightness detectors which affect our body clock and many aspects of our health.
  他说：光不仅对视觉系统起到很重要的作用，它对调节体内亮度探测器也有帮助作用，从而会影响我们的身体生物钟，还对我们身体的许多方面的健康有益。
• Experiments suggest that season of birth dramatically affects the way the speed at which the body clock ticks.
  实验表明，出生的季节会极大地影响人体生物钟运转的速度。
• Wakes sleeper at preset time. Synchronize your body clock by getting up and going to bed at the same time every day.
  在事先调整好的时间到时把睡觉人叫醒的时钟。调整好你的生物钟，每天按固定时间睡觉和起床。
• Our body clock, or natural body rhythm, influences our energy and alertness.
  我们的生物钟，或者说是生理节奏，会影响我们的精力和灵敏度。
• Bright light is the most powerful way of shifting the body clock, says Professor Foster.
  福斯特教授说，明亮的光线是调整生物钟最有效的方法。
• Regular exercise is important too-it helps regulate your body clock.
  有规律地做些运动也很重要，能够帮你规律你的生物钟。
• And although that may sound pretty unrelated to your own body clock, the team showed that most of these genes are found in mammals, too.
  尽管这听起来和生物钟不甚相关，研究团队表明这些基因也大都可以在哺乳动物身上找到。
• Research into circadian rhythms has led to the discovery of a new and unanticipated molecular cog in the human body clock.
  对生理节律的研究，发现了人体生物钟上一个不曾预料到的新分子齿轮。
• 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。