nilometer
US // (naɪˈlɒmɪtə) //
尼米特,尼尔米特,尼尔米
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : archaic a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inrain gauge
Examples
All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.
The river should rise to this height upon the Nilometer at Cairo if there is to be a "good Nile."
Not far from the spot mentioned above is the famous Nilometer that Moses looked upon many a time.
A few days later an anxious crowd gathered to see the water mark on the Nilometer begin to come up.
The old Nilometer, for measuring the depths29 of the Nile, which was erected in 716, is of interest.
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