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sundial

/suhn-dahy-uhl, -dahyl/US // ˈsʌnˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl //UK // (ˈsʌnˌdaɪəl) //

日晷,日标,日规,日落

Related Words

alarm警报,报警,惊动,闹钟timer定时器,计时器,计时器,定时钟dial拨号,转盘,拨款,拨号器clock钟表,计时器,钟表业,钟表业的发展watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下chronometer计时码表,计时表,计时器,天文表calendar日历,日程表,历法,日程chronograph计时码表,计时表,计时器,计时腕表repeater中继器,复读机,中继站,复读器metronome节拍器,拍子机pendulum摆锤,摆杆,摆件,摆设horologe钟表,钟表业,钟表店,钟表师chronoscope计时码表,计时仪,计时器,计时表gnomon指南针,节点,节气门,节流阀stopwatch秒表,秒针,秒钟,秒速赛车clepsydra漏网之鱼,漏斗,漏壶,漏斗状hourglass沙漏,滴漏,滴漏计时器timepiece计时器,钟表,手表,纪念品tattler窃听者,捣蛋鬼,窃贼,窃听器timekeeper计时员,记时员,计时人员,计时器

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inclock
Synonyms
alarm警报,报警,惊动,闹钟timer定时器,计时器,计时器,定时钟chronograph计时码表,计时表,计时器,计时腕表chronometer计时码表,计时表,计时器,天文表hourglass沙漏,滴漏,滴漏计时器metronome节拍器,拍子机pendulum摆锤,摆杆,摆件,摆设stopwatch秒表,秒针,秒钟,秒速赛车tattler窃听者,捣蛋鬼,窃贼,窃听器ticker票据,勾股,票价,勾选timekeeper计时员,记时员,计时人员,计时器timepiece计时器,钟表,手表,纪念品turnip萝卜,萝卜丝,箐箐,芜菁watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下big ben大本营,大班,大苯,大贲chroniker计时员,计时器,计时器,计时码表digital watch数字手表,数字表,电子表,数位手表tick-tocktimemarker时标,时间标记,时标仪,时间标识符
as intimepiece
Synonyms
calendar日历,日程表,历法,日程chronograph计时码表,计时表,计时器,计时腕表chronometer计时码表,计时表,计时器,天文表chronoscope计时码表,计时仪,计时器,计时表clepsydra漏网之鱼,漏斗,漏壶,漏斗状clock钟表,计时器,钟表业,钟表业的发展dial拨号,转盘,拨款,拨号器gnomon指南针,节点,节气门,节流阀horologe钟表,钟表业,钟表店,钟表师hourglass沙漏,滴漏,滴漏计时器metronome节拍器,拍子机pendulum摆锤,摆杆,摆件,摆设repeater中继器,复读机,中继站,复读器stopwatch秒表,秒针,秒钟,秒速赛车watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下alarm clock闹钟,计时器,闹铃,吵闹的时钟isochronon等离子体,等时线,等离子,等时针time-keeper计时员,记时员,守时员,计时人员

Examples

  • It’s amazing to use the stars spinning overhead during the winter as a sundial, where by the position of stars you know what time of day or night it is.

  • He has been accused of slow and ugly throwing mechanics (one sports writer said you could time his release with a sundial).

  • Our next quest was for a sundial plate, but it was a vain search, for not a store in town carried such an article.

  • The grape arbour along the west side of the sundial lawn was also built, of plain chestnut.

  • “This is no time for bad puns,” she answered, dragging me swiftly down through the orchard, and up again to the sundial.

  • Then it whitened the sundial lawn, reminding us to take the wooden dial post in for the winter.

  • Beside, a sundial is not a portable instrument, and Joshua and his men had something more pressing to do than to loiter round it.

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