watch the clockinformalNOT DO something to keep looking at the time because you are worried or bored 〔因担心或不耐烦而〕老在看钟 anxious mums watching the clock 急得不停地看时间的妈妈们
watch the clock• I am watching the clock, counting the minutes till the last period of the morning is over.• She watched the clock hands go round.• And watched the clock so he could call a halt to it as soon as possible.• Only then did she let herself watch the clock to the strains of Beethoven's Apassionata.
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