| 单词 | pocket clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspocket clock pocket clock n. now chiefly historical a small timepiece, originally one with a spring-driven movement (being the first type of portable timepiece invented); a pocket watch. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 144 As small pocket-clocks, whose every wheele Doth each mismotion and distemper feele. 1791 J. Thomson Charles & Allectum 11 She then pointed at a watch, or pocket clock,..which had been made me a present of, a great many years ago, by a relation. 1896 Massillion (Ohio) Independent 12 Nov. The first English watches had weights and were used as pocket clocks. 1948 Sci. Monthly Mar. 206/1 It was not until the sixteenth century that watches, or ‘pocket clocks’, first came into existence. 2000 Parent Care Advisor (Nexis) 6 Oct. For users who may be rattled by an audible alarm, vibrating wristwatches or pocket clocks offer a quiet reminder of appointments. < as lemmas |
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