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
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Artificial light is known to disrupt the body clock by delaying the production of the sleep hormone melatonin.
人造光会通过推迟睡眠荷尔蒙褪黑激素的产生扰乱生物钟。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。