timekeeper

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
    — The sailors sail by chronometers that do not lose two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve navigation was to get good watches, and to offer public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use.
  2. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
  3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
  4. The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
    — There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist.
  5. A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual. usually
    — As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]

词形变化

timekeepers plural time-keeper alternative

词汇关系

相关词
timekeeping

词源

From time + keeper.
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