watchmaking
noun[U]
uk/ˈwɒtʃ.meɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈwɑːtʃ.meɪ.kɪŋ/thejob,business, orskillof making andrepairingwatches:
制表，修表Switzerland is often called thehomeof watchmaking.瑞士通常被称为钟表之乡。
As ayoungman, he took acoursein watchmaking.年轻时，他参加了一个制表课程。
- Sapphire is arelativelycommonmaterialinhigh-endwatchmaking.
- Once thehomeoflightindustriessuch asbrewingand watchmaking, many of theoldcommercialbuildingshaverecentlybeenconvertedintoapartments.
- In 1905 Hans Wilsdorf, a 24-year-old Bavarian wholearnedwatchmaking in Switzerland, set up abusinessin Hatton Garden todistributewatches.
- "No oneeventhinksof watchmaking as apossibleprofessionthesedays," he said.
Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clockidiom
- alarm
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke ofsomethingidiom
- atomic clock
- clock
- horologist
- horology
- hour hand
- hourglass
- jewel
- military time
- movement
- stroke
- ticking
- timekeeper
- timepiece
- turn the clocks backphrase
- twenty-four-hour clock