单词	timekeeper
释义	timekeeper /ˈtʌɪmkiːpə / noun 1A person who measures or records the amount of time taken, especially in a sports competition: timekeepers waited in the heavy rain for the teams to pass official timekeepers... Bernie Ecclestone appointed us as the sport's official timekeepers. Brian Thornton was one of the principal organisers of the Galway Rally and served as an official timekeeper at many motor sport events throughout Ireland. After the first run over the measured kilometre, the timekeeper shouted, ‘Plus 47!’ 2 [usually with adjective] A person regarded as being punctual or not punctual: we were good timekeepers... I am a notoriously bad timekeeper, yet, through sheer paranoia, I have turned up at my daughter's school half-an-hour early. 2.1A watch or clock regarded as recording time accurately or inaccurately: these watches are accurate timekeepers... Harrison was born in the nearby village of Foulby and, after learning his trade in Yorkshire, became famous for inventing the first timekeeper accurate enough to determine longitude at sea. His early timekeepers were controlled by pendulums but, in anything but a flat calm, their going was most erratic. While the process of perfecting Harrison's marine timekeeper went on in England, instrument makers in France were busy developing similar instruments. 2.2 archaic A clock. Derivatives timekeeping /ˈtʌɪmkiːpɪŋ / noun ... And children playing mini-basketball are encouraged to try their hand at refereeing, scoring and timekeeping when they are not playing. His enormous improvement in timekeeping had very wide-ranging benefits. How does the story you tell in this book fit with larger narratives in the history of clocks and timekeeping?
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