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stopwatch
(stɒpwɒtʃ) also stop-watch
Word forms: plural stopwatches
countable noun
A stopwatch is a watch with buttons which you press at the beginning and end of an event, so that you can measure exactly how long it takes.
stopwatch in British English
(ˈstɒpˌwɒtʃ)
noun
a type of watch used for timing events, such as sporting events, accurately, having a device for stopping the hand or hands instantly
stopwatch in American English
(ˈstɑpˌwɑtʃ)
noun
a watch with a hand or a digital readout that can be started and stopped instantly so as to indicate seconds or fractions of seconds, as for timing races
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British English: stopwatch /ˈstɒpˌwɒtʃ/ NOUN
A stopwatch is a watch with buttons which you press at the beginning and end of an event, so that you can measure exactly how long it takes.
- American English: stopwatch
- Arabic: سَاعَةُ الإيقَاُف
- Brazilian Portuguese: cronômetro
- Chinese: 跑表
- Croatian: štoperica
- Czech: stopky hodinky
- Danish: stopur
- Dutch: stopwatch
- European Spanish: cronómetro
- Finnish: sekuntikello
- French: chronomètre
- German: Stoppuhr
- Greek: χρονόμετρο
- Italian: cronometro
- Japanese: ストップウォッチ
- Korean: 스톱워치
- Norwegian: stoppeklokke
- Polish: stoper
- European Portuguese: cronómetro
- Romanian: cronometru
- Russian: секундомер
- Latin American Spanish: cronómetro
- Swedish: tidtagarur
- Thai: นาฬิกาจับเวลา
- Turkish: kronometre
- Ukrainian: секундомір
- Vietnamese: đồng hồ bấm giờ
Chinese translation of 'stopwatch'
stopwatch
(ˈstɔpwɔtʃ)
n (c)
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秒表
(miǎobiǎo) (只, zhī)