minute repeater

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

a device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button

日本語の意味

時計に搭載された装置で、現在の時刻を、時、四半期、分を表す音の組み合わせで知らせる。通常、ボタンで作動させる。

英語の意味

a device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button

このボタンはなに？

At the auction, the antique pocket watch's minute repeater astonished the crowd as it chimed the hours, quarter hours, and minutes with crystal-clear gongs.

オークションで、アンティークの懐中時計に搭載されたミニッツリピーター（時・15分・分を音で知らせる時計の機構）が、その澄んだ音色で聴衆を驚かせた。

詳細

意味（1）

a device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button

minute repeaters （ plural ）