A device for timing the cooking of a boiled egg, traditionally a sealed glass container with a narrow neck in the middle through which, when the flask is inverted, sand flows for a fixed amount of time.
煮蛋计时器
Example sentencesExamples
If you are spending a disproportionate amount of time on the telephone, you might consider the use of an egg timer, or some other device, to limit your calls.
You can also use an egg timer to remind you to turn off the water.
However, my mother was ecstatic about her egg timer.
He would use an egg timer at meal times, threatening to hit the children if they did not eat up in time.
She had the uncanny ability to turn things around in a flash - as if she was flipping over an egg timer.
Definition of egg timer in US English:
egg timer
nounˈɛɡ ˌtaɪmərˈeɡ ˌtīmər
A device for measuring the time required to cook a boiled egg, traditionally in the form of a miniature hourglass.
Example sentencesExamples
However, my mother was ecstatic about her egg timer.
You can also use an egg timer to remind you to turn off the water.
He would use an egg timer at meal times, threatening to hit the children if they did not eat up in time.
She had the uncanny ability to turn things around in a flash - as if she was flipping over an egg timer.
If you are spending a disproportionate amount of time on the telephone, you might consider the use of an egg timer, or some other device, to limit your calls.