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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most people can adjust their body clock quickly.
  大多数人都能迅速调整自己的生物钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。