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单词 water clock
释义
water clock
/ ?w??t? kl?k /
  • 简明释义
  • 水钟:一种用水的落下或流动来测量时间的仪器。
  • 网络释义
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    ?漏刻

    漏刻

  • 双语例句
  • 1
    One of the first water clocks was a basin with a small hole near the bottom through which the water dripped out.
    最早的水钟之一是一个在底部附近有小洞的水盆,水从这个洞里滴出来。
  • 2
    Once known, it spread rapidly, driving out water clocks but not solar dials, which were needed to check the new machines against the timekeeper of last resort.
    一旦被人所知,它就迅速传播开来,替代了水钟,但却没有替代日晷,日晷被用来将新机器与原来的计时方法进行对照检查。
  • 3
    Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of sedimentation and clogging.
    当然,太阳时钟只能在晴天工作;当温度下降到接近冰点时,水钟就会失灵,长期漂浮的东西因为下沉或堵塞而无法工作。
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