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

• 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。
• Putting food into an empty stomach helps synchronize the body clock.
  空腹吃食物帮助人体时钟准时。
• 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。
• Your lifestyle is disrupting your body clock.
  你的生活习惯正扰乱你的生理时钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• A growing body of research suggests that paying attention to the body clock, and its effects on energy and alertness, can help pinpoint the different times of day when most of us perform our best at specific tasks, from resolving conflicts to thinking creatively.
  越来越多的研究表明，多加重视生物钟及其对人的精力和清醒度的影响有助于我们精确找到大多数人一天中从事具体活动无论是解决矛盾还是创造性思维的最佳时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you've noticed these kinds of rhythms in your own body clock, use them to your advantage.
  如果你注意到自己的生物钟里存在这种节奏，学着好好利用。