| 单词 | egg-timer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasegg-timer egg-timer n. (a) a device for timing the cooking of an egg; (b) a device for boiling an egg. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph stop-watch1740 time marker1835 time recorder1836 hourglass1852 time clock1857 time lock1858 egg-glass1867 chronograph1868 egg-timer1869 timer1869 gunner's pendulum1876 time switch1884 chess-clock1905 phototimer1942 pinger1950 shot clock1967 1869 G. Dodd Dict. Manuf. 320/2 Some or other of them [sc. varieties of sand] are used in..hour-glasses and egg-timers. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 112/2 An assortment of Egg..Timers, etc. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Egg-timer, an apparatus for the automatic cooking of eggs. It consists of a vessel containing boiling water and a series of..baskets... When the time has elapsed the basket automatically rises out of the water. 1962 TV Times 28 Dec. 6/2 An egg-timer, I repeated with the assurance of a man who knew which way the sand trickled. < as lemmas |
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