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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - My body clock is all wrong.
我的生物钟紊乱了。 - Cortisol controls the body clock and causes people to feel wide awake, The Telegraph reports.
据《每日电讯报》报道，皮质醇控制人体生物钟，让人们感觉很清醒。 - 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。 - I only arrived in London yesterday and my body clock is still on New York time.
我昨天刚到伦敦，而我的生物钟仍然是纽约时间。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。