clockmaker
noun[C]
uk/ˈklɒkˌmeɪ.kər/us/ˈklɑːkˌmeɪ.kɚ/apersonorcompanythat makes orrepairsclocks:
钟表匠；钟表制作维修商This was theworkofJohnHarrison, an 18th-century clockmaker.这是18世纪钟表匠约翰·哈里森的作品。
He wasmanagingdirectorof the clockmaker Matteo & Son.他是钟表商Matteo & Son的常务董事。
Compare
horologist
watchmaker
- Henry VIIIemployedanumberofFrenchmusicians,artistsand clockmakers.
- There arecurrently7,000professionalwatchmakers and clockmakers in the US, he says.
- In theperiodbetween 1785 and 1830, clockmakersbeganenamellingdials(they had beenbarebrassbefore).
- Thwaites and Reed is the world'soldestclockmaker andcurrentmaintainer ofBigBen.
Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clockidiom
- alarm
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke ofsomethingidiom
- atomic clock
- clock
- horology
- hour hand
- hourglass
- jewel
- military time
- minute hand
- movement
- stroke
- timekeeper
- timepiece
- turn the clocks backphrase
- twenty-four-hour clock
- watchband