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

• The problem with office lighting is that it is not made up of 'blue' light, which is the wavelength of light you get from the sun and which controls your body clock.
  办公室照明所存在的问题是，它不是由你从太阳得到的光的波长且能掌控你生物钟的‘蓝光’组成。
• 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。
• Putting food into an empty stomach helps synchronize the body clock.
  空腹吃食物帮助人体时钟准时。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whenever you alter the times you get up and go to bed, you're disrupting your body clock.
  一旦改变起床和睡觉的时间，就会扰乱你的生物钟。
• Our body clock, or natural body rhythm, influences our energy and alertness.
  我们的生物钟，或者说是生理节奏，会影响我们的精力和灵敏度。