chronometer 的定义
- a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- any timepiece, especially a wristwatch, designed for the highest accuracy.
chronometer 近义词
watch
更多chronometer例句
- In about two hours afterward the watches and chronometer recommenced going, and the compasses resumed their position.
- But the terrible question was, how near right is the chronometer?
- He looked at the chronometer on the wall—he had slept twelve hours!
- The sweep hand on the chronometer made its rounds several times before he answered.
- In the words of a reporter, the place is equally capable of turning out a 'chronometer or a Cunard steamer.'