English Dictionary

put the clock back

動詞

慣用表現 自動詞

(idiomatic, intransitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time.

日本語の意味

夏時間（サマータイム）終了時などに、標準時に合わせるために時計の時刻を後ろに戻す行為

Every autumn we put the clock back to mark the end of daylight saving time.

秋になるとサマータイム（夏時間）の終了を示すために時計を1時間戻します。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, intransitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time.

Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, intransitive) To put something back to the state it was in a previous era.

He wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s.

putting the clock back （ present singular third-person ）

put the clock back （ participle present ）

put the clock back （ participle past ）

put the clock back （ past ）