西瓜单词

sundial是什么意思

sundial

英 ['sʌndaɪəl] 美 ['sʌn'daɪəl]

sundial 日晷

sun,太阳，dial,日晷。

sundial (n.): also sun-dial, 1590s, from sun (n.) + dial (n.). Earlier simply dial.

1. Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow.

月光把露水照得雪白, 一座旧日规投出一条长长的影子.

来自辞典例句

2. A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.: 计时仪用于计时的装置(如钟或日昝)

3. The sundial is the oldest known device for the measurement of time.: 日晷是已知的最古老的一种测算时间的装置.

4. The hands are actually modeled after the shadow on a sundial.: 时针实际上是以日昝上的阴影为模型的.

5. Like a giant sundial, it demarcates both space and time.: 像个巨大的日晷, 它划分了时空.