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

• 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。
• He said: If you do not get any other light during the day, make sure you get out and experience morning light, which help set the body clock.
  福斯特教授说：如果白天室内没有照明的话，你一定要出去体验一下早晨的明媚灿烂的阳光，这对调节身体生物钟会起到帮助作用。
• This prevents your natural body clock from waking you up in the middle of the night.
  这可以防止你的天然生物钟在半夜把你唤醒。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have found previously unknown cells in the eye known as the retinal ganglion cells, that respond to blue light which shifts the body clock to new time zones.
  他们先前已经在眼睛中发现了没有被人们认知的细胞，叫做视网膜神经节细胞，这种细胞对蓝光起反应，把人体生物钟调向新的时区。
• If you've noticed these kinds of rhythms in your own body clock, use them to your advantage.
  如果你注意到自己的生物钟里存在这种节奏，学着好好利用。
• 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。
• 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。
• When choosing a time of day to exercise, paying attention to your body clock can improve results.
  在选择每日锻炼时间的时候，关注生物钟能提升锻炼成果。