| 单词 | timekeeper |
| 释义 | timekeeper[ tahym-kee-per ] / ˈtaɪmˌki pər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR timekeeper ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person or thing that keeps time. an official appointed to time, regulate, and record the duration of a sports contest or its component parts, as to give the official time of a race, assure that a round of boxing is ended exactly on time, or announce to football, basketball, hockey, etc., teams the amount of time left to play. a timepiece: This watch is a good timekeeper. a person employed to keep account of the hours of work done by others. a person who beats time in music. Origin of timekeeperFirst recorded in 1680–90; time + keeper OTHER WORDS FROM timekeepertimekeeping, nounWords nearby timekeepertime immemorial, Time is money, Time is of the essence, time is ripe, time is up, timekeeper, time killer, time-lag, time lamp, time-lapse, time-lapse photography Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for timekeeperBritish Dictionary definitions for timekeepertimekeeper / (ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə) / nouna person or thing that keeps or records time an employee who maintains a record of the hours worked by the other employees a device for indicating time; timepiece an employee with respect to his or her record of punctualitya good timekeeper Derived forms of timekeepertimekeeping, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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