English Dictionary

wind back the clock

動詞

比喩的用法 慣用表現

(idiomatic, figuratively) To return in time to an earlier period of history.

日本語の意味

（比喩的に）過去の時代に戻ること、時を遡ること / （比喩的に）歴史を振り返ること

Sometimes I wish we could wind back the clock to a time before technology dominated every aspect of our lives.

時には、技術が私たちの生活のあらゆる面を支配する前の時代に時を戻せたらいいのにと思う。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, figuratively) To return in time to an earlier period of history.

But wind the clock back some 60 years, and you would find that away from the South East of England, the North West once had the most extensive and varied selection of electric routes in the country.

winds back the clock （ present singular third-person ）

winding back the clock （ participle present ）

wound back the clock （ participle past ）

wound back the clock （ past ）