English Dictionary

lose time

動詞

時計 人

(of a clock) to go slow and not keep accurate time. / (of a person etc.) to fall behind schedule.

日本語の意味

時計が正確な時刻を刻まず、遅れて動く / 人などが予定に遅れ、時間を浪費する

My grandfather's old pocket watch tends to lose time by several minutes each day.

祖父の古い懐中時計は、毎日数分遅れることが多い。

意味（1）

(of a clock) to go slow and not keep accurate time.

意味（2）

(of a person etc.) to fall behind schedule.

On the third day the train lost time more and more. She raged with painful impatience. No good, at every station the train sat longer.

loses time （ present singular third-person ）

losing time （ participle present ）

lost time （ participle past ）

lost time （ past ）