请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 egg timer
释义

egg timer


noun

a small hourglass or clock device running about three to five minutes, used to time the boiling of an egg.

Origin of egg timer

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby egg timer

eggshell, eggshell porcelain, egg slice, egg spoon, egg stone, egg timer, egg tooth, egg white, Egham, egis, eglandular
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for egg timer

  • My spirits, which had risen momentarily from their classic depths, sank like the sands of an egg-timer.

    The Blower of Bubbles|Arthur Beverley Baxter

British Dictionary definitions for egg timer

egg timer

noun

a device, typically a miniature hourglass, for timing the boiling of an egg
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 15:32:15