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
- 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。