English Dictionary

clock-watcher

名詞

A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.

日本語の意味

退屈な状況（例：仕事や学生生活）で、時間が早く過ぎることを切望する人。 / 不都合な作業や授業中など、望まない状況下で時計ばかり注視して時間の経過を待つ人。

As a clock-watcher, he kept glancing at the wall clock and tapping his pen until the meeting finally ended.

彼は時計ばかり気にする人だったので、会議がやっと終わるまで何度も壁の時計を見てペンで机をトントン叩いていた。

意味（1）

A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.

The teacher had a heart-to-heart talk with the student who was a clock-watcher, stressing the importance of putting his mind to his schoolwork.

clock-watchers （ plural ）