egg-timer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈegg-ˌtimer noun [countable] DFUa small glass container with sand in it that runs from one part to the other in about three or five minutes, used for measuring the time it takes to boil an egg 煮蛋计时器〔用于计量煮蛋时间的小沙漏〕
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egg-timer• Joyce's family is numbered with the grains of sand in a thousand egg-timers.ˈegg-ˌtimer nounChineseSyllable
in container a glass with that Corpus sand it runs small
egg-timer
ˈegg-ˌtimer
noun [countable]
a small glass container with sand in it that runs from one part to the other in about three or five minutes, used for measuring the time it takes to boil an egg
ˈegg-ˌtimer
noun [countable]a small glass container with sand in it that runs from one part to the other in about three or five minutes, used for measuring the time it takes to boil an egg