工厂计时员记录工时。

The factory timekeeper keeps account of the hours of work done.

他是这里最好的计时员。

He is the best clocker there.

有时候一艘邮轮开进港，尼柯尔斯船长同雇用计时员攀上交情，会给两人找个临时装卸工的活儿。

Sometimes a mail steamer would come in, and Captain Nichols, having scraped acquaintance with the timekeeper, would succeed in getting the pair of them a job as stevedores.