| 单词 | second-hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond-hand second-hand n. (also seconds-hand) a hand or pointer of a timepiece indicating seconds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > hand(s) pinOE hand1563 teller1574 index1594 finger1603 palm1629 hour-hand1669 minute hand1720 index-hand1742 second-hand1760 moment-hand1766 little hand1829 big hand1849 set-hands1884 sweep hand1948 sweep second1948 1760 J. Pringle in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 250 Upon looking at a watch, which had a second-hand,..he stopped me when I had counted 13 seconds. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 41 Your watch..should be furnished with a seconds-hand. 1888 Ld. Grimthorpe in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 398/1 In the chronograph watch there is, in addition to the centre seconds-hand, an independent seconds-hand which, when not in operation, stands at zero. < as lemmas |
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