egg timer

noun

1. 煮蛋计时器
   a device that you use to measure the time needed to boil an egg

1. 煮蛋计时器
   An egg timer is a device that measures the time needed to boil an egg.

1. The property name of the egg timer that expired.
   截止了的egg计时器的属性名称。
2. They might devote discrete chunks of time ( say 30 minutes using a desk-top egg timer) to the single-minded pursuit of a specific task.
   他们可以断断续续地投入大块时间（例如使用桌式小型计时器定下30分钟），一心一意地完成某项特定任务。
3. They're the ones in the back of the gymnasium, frantically writing to the last minute and choking under the pressure of an egg timer.
   他们坐在考场的后排，不顾一切地奋笔疾书到最后一分钟，被计时器逼迫得喘不过气来。

noun

1. a sandglass that runs for three minutes