chronometer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kɹəˈnɒm.ə.tə(ɹ)/    美 /krə(ʊ)ˈnɒmɪtər/|/kɹəˈnɔm.ə.tə(ɹ)/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
    — A wristwatch costs $20; a chronometer costs $20,000.

词形变化

chronometers plural chronometre alternative,nonstandard

词源

From chrono- + -meter, possibly after the model of earlier French chronomètre (“metronome”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “meter, measuring device”).
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