bottom of the hour

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The time at (or very close to) half the next hour of time.
    — At seven o'clock, he said to get in touch with him again at the bottom of the hour, so I called him back at seven thirty.

词形变化

bottoms of the hour plural bottoms of the hours plural

词汇关系

反义词
top of the hour

词源

Refers to the time when the position of the long hand is pointing toward the number 6, or exactly halfway between the preceding hour and the upcoming one.
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