He lifted his eyes, and looked at the clock and the barometer on his right hand and on his left.
他抬起眼皮来，看看左右的挂钟和风雨表。But he did not dare open his mouth, just sat there stiffly, listening to the unhurried ticking of the wall clock.
可是他没有敢开口。他一直那么规矩地坐着不动，听着挂钟沉缓的响声。A simple performance metric is wall clock time, or measuring the real-world delay between a request for a page and a finished rendering.
一个简单的性能指标是挂钟时间（wallclocktime），或测量页面请求与完成呈现之间的实际延迟。Find yourself something that matches the rest of your decor and avoid a loud ticking clock at all costs!
给自己找一个和其他装饰品相配的挂钟，但是无论如何也不要找一个滴答声响亮的。Roland had the small single table he liked best, behind a square pillar, with the clock over the fireplace nevertheless in full view.
桌子虽凑在一根四角方柱后头，但他仍可以清楚完整地看到壁炉上的挂钟。The clock on the wall opposite him had only one hand and no numbers at all.
对面墙上的挂钟只有一根针，没标数字，Unique wall clock designed by Rafael Morgan shows time with the help of a magnifying glass.
由RafaelMorgan设计的奇特挂钟利用放大镜来显示时间。Which is weird, because it's probably been a long time since you nervously eyed the clock while on the phone with your granny in Smallville.
这很奇怪，因为长期以来，你在与乡下小镇的奶奶通话的时候，会不安地盯着墙上的挂钟。This diagram is one dimensional: vertically we have the (wall clock) time, in milliseconds.
这是个一维的图：竖直方向上的是（挂钟式）时间，单位为毫秒。