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[I/T] if a clock strikes or strikes a particular time, it makes a sound like a bell a particular number of times to show what time it is (时钟)敲响,报时 The town hall clock struck midnight. 市政厅的钟敲响了午夜的钟声。
strike the hour (=make a sound at one o'clock, two o'clock etc) 按整点报时 : One of the clocks struck the hour. 其中一个钟按整点报时。
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