body clock
英 [ˈbɒdi klɒk]
美 [ˈbɑːdi klɑːk]
n. (人体)生物钟
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.- 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。
- Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
双语例句
- Earlier this year, leading scientists from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, warned that a lack of sleep can cause severe health problems, such as cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, because it upsets the body clock.
今年年初，来自牛津、剑桥和哈佛大学的科学家们警告称，睡眠不足会导致严重的健康问题，比如癌症、心脏病、二型糖尿病和肥胖症等，因为睡眠不足会打乱身体生物钟。 - That's when I discovered that our body clock could be controlled externally. '
然后我发现原来我们的生物钟可以从外部控制。 - 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。 - When the body clock can synchronize the rhythms of its natural processes in response to light and other natural influences, it gives us an edge in daily life, says Kay.
史蒂夫•凯说：当生物钟在光线以及其他自然因素影响下，与生理节奏同步时，它便会为我们的日常生活增添砝码。 - My body clock is all wrong.
我的生物钟紊乱了。 - The problem with office lighting is that it is not made up of 'blue' light, which is the wavelength of light you get from the sun and which controls your body clock.
办公室照明所存在的问题是，它不是由你从太阳得到的光的波长且能掌控你生物钟的‘蓝光’组成。 - 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。 - He says it helps turn energy into sugar to be utilised by cells in the body and that it also plays a role in controlling the body clock.
他说，这有助于利用体内细胞把能量转化成糖，并且对控制人体生物钟也起作用。 - 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。 - Whenever you alter the times you get up and go to bed, you're disrupting your body clock.
一旦改变起床和睡觉的时间，就会扰乱你的生物钟。