名词 timepiece:

1. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

time out暂停timen.时间；时代；时期；倍；次数；节拍v.为…安排时间；计时；[体]在某一时刻击球adj.时间的；定时的；分期（付款）的；定期的time window mechanism时间窗口机制timed automata theory赋时自动机理论time delayed feedback时滞反馈time-dependent flow非常定流time-varying delays变时滞time-distance curve时距曲线time- space network时空网络time-dependent mass变质量time chartered vessel[经] 期租船time sharing priority分时优先

1. One day he asks you to prepare breakfast for him, and the only timepieces in the house are two hourglasses.
   一天，他让你为他准备早饭，而家里能找到的计时器只有两个沙漏。
2. The development of mechanical timepieces witnessed the search for more accurate sundials with which the timepieces could be regulated.
   由于机械计时器的发展，人们开始寻求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。