But we here at SciShow were interested in how digital clocks actually work.

但我们在 SciShow 对数字时钟的实际工作原理很感兴趣。

It's in a digital clock on the end table.

装在茶几上的数字时钟里。

A digital clock counts those oscillations to keep time.

数字时钟对这些振荡进行计数以保持时间。

But in a digital clock, this heartbeat can be generated electronically, in a couple of different ways.

但在数字时钟中，这种心跳可以通过几种不同的方式以电子方式产生。

Most consumer digital clocks use an ordinary plug, with a transformer that steps down the power supply before the current runs into the clock.

大多数消费类数字时钟使用普通插头，变压器在电流流入时钟之前降低电源电压。

I looked at the digital clock on the nightstand. The red numbers claimed it was three o'clock, but they gave no indication if it was night or day.

我看着床头柜上的电子钟，红色的数字显示着现在是三点钟，但它们并没有指出现在是晚上还是白天。

A digital clock is only going to show you 3: 06 or 3: 07. It will never display any of the many fractional seconds between those two times.

数字时钟只会显示 3: 06 或 3: 07。它永远不会显示这两个时间之间的任何小数秒。

A digital clock was taped to the middle of the pipe, a feature that experts say is typically shown on fictional bombs in an attempt to ratchet up dramatic tension, but unnecessary in real life.

PVC管中间粘有一个计时器，专家说，这通常是假炸弹才有的标志，目的是为了加强戏剧化的紧张感，对现实生活中的炸弹来说则有些多余。

And that was the beginning of my broadcasting career because when I went back to the radio station to pick up my Longines watch and my digital clock, they asked me would I like to hear my voice on tape.

那是我广播事业的开始，因为当我回到电台，拿起我的浪琴表和数字时钟时，他们问我想不想在磁带上听到我的声音。