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timekeeper

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

计时员,记时员,计时人员,计时器

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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

  • As the games’ “official timekeeper,” Omega, the luxury Swiss watchmaker, was granted the right to flash its emblem on millions of screens around the world as Bolt made history.

  • The timekeeper I took on shore to ascertain its rate, and other instruments to make the necessary astronomical observations.

  • On the 13th I had a number of lunar observations for the longitude, the mean of which agreed exactly with the timekeeper.

  • I had however two sets of double altitudes and a good altitude exactly at noon according to the timekeeper.

  • The fact that this egg-shaped concoction was no great timekeeper was a secondary matter.

  • He was a fine coachman, a good nurse, and an admirable timekeeper.