stop-watchn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstop-watch.

a. A watch which indicates fractions of a second by a hand that may be instantly stopped by pressure on a spring or catch, so as to record an exact moment or period of time; chiefly used for timing races.

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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

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 166 Provided he is truly try'd by a stop Watch.

1867 in C. A. Wheeler Sportascrapiana 214 Place a practical man with one of M'Cabe's stop-watches at the finishing point.

1888 E. Custer Tenting on Plains xii The General, with his stop~watch in hand.

b. figurative. Also attributive.

ΚΠ

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xii. 58 But in suspending his voice—was the sense suspended likewise?..—Was the eye silent? Did you narrowly look?—I look'd only at the stop-watch, my Lord.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 167 Being destined to live much with persons who regulate all their thoughts, words, and actions, by the stop-watch.

1817 Examiner No. 505. 554 The uncle..being a stop-watch person always in a hurry.

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 282/1 He was at once..his guide, stop-watch, auditor, treasurer.

1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. v. 228 The critic looks only at the weak parts, and he judges the weak parts only by the stop-watch. [Cf. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xii. 58.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

stop-watchv.

Brit.

/ˈstɒpwɒtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈstɑpˌwɑtʃ/,

/ˈstɑpˌwɔtʃ/

Etymology: < stop-watch n.

transitive. To time with a stop-watch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [verb (transitive)] > time (with watch or clock)

clock1876

stop-watch1973

1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 19 We being timed?.. Stop-watched?

1977 B. Freemantle Charlie Muffin xvii. 166 Cuthbertson..had insisted on final rehearsals..stop-watching the journey and testing the surveillance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stop-watch
释义	stop-watchn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstop-watch. a. A watch which indicates fractions of a second by a hand that may be instantly stopped by pressure on a spring or catch, so as to record an exact moment or period of time; chiefly used for timing races. 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 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 166 Provided he is truly try'd by a stop Watch. 1867 in C. A. Wheeler Sportascrapiana 214 Place a practical man with one of M'Cabe's stop-watches at the finishing point. 1888 E. Custer Tenting on Plains xii The General, with his stop~watch in hand. b. figurative. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xii. 58 But in suspending his voice—was the sense suspended likewise?..—Was the eye silent? Did you narrowly look?—I look'd only at the stop-watch, my Lord. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 167 Being destined to live much with persons who regulate all their thoughts, words, and actions, by the stop-watch. 1817 Examiner No. 505. 554 The uncle..being a stop-watch person always in a hurry. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 282/1 He was at once..his guide, stop-watch, auditor, treasurer. 1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. v. 228 The critic looks only at the weak parts, and he judges the weak parts only by the stop-watch. [Cf. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xii. 58.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2019). stop-watchv. Brit. /ˈstɒpwɒtʃ/, U.S. /ˈstɑpˌwɑtʃ/, /ˈstɑpˌwɔtʃ/ Etymology: < stop-watch n. transitive. To time with a stop-watch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [verb (transitive)] > time (with watch or clock) clock1876 stop-watch1973 1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 19 We being timed?.. Stop-watched? 1977 B. Freemantle Charlie Muffin xvii. 166 Cuthbertson..had insisted on final rehearsals..stop-watching the journey and testing the surveillance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740v.1973
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