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time-keeper

/tahym-kee-per/US // ˈtaɪmˌki pər //UK // (ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə) //

计时员,记时员,守时员,计时人员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a 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 beatstime in music.

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Examples

  • Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.

  • But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.

  • “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  • As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.

  • Thus, more time is spent organization and obtaining ones free of failings.

  • It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'

  • The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

  • About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.

  • I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

  • Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"