sundial

英 [ˈsʌndaɪəl]

美 [ˈsʌndaɪəl]

n.  日晷

复数：sundials　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8

BNC.22299 / COCA.26138

牛津词典

noun

• 日晷
  a device used outdoors, especially in the past, for telling the time when the sun is shining. A pointed piece of metal throws a shadow on a flat surface that is marked with the hours like a clock, and the shadow moves around as the sun moves across the sky.

柯林斯词典

• 日晷
  Asundialis a device used for telling the time when the sun is shining. The shadow of an upright rod falls onto a flat surface that is marked with the hours, and points to the correct hour.

英英释义

noun

• timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

双语例句

• 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。
• The invention and use of the gnomon-and-ruler, sundial, clepsydra and other time-measuring machines is evidence of Chinese wisdom.
  圭表、日晷、漏刻等计时仪器的发明和应用，证明中华民族是个充满智慧的民族。
• The stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial.
  能够用固定指针的影子在日晷上显示时间。
• Green lighthouse building shape is cylindrical, so some people give it nicknamed "sundial", its facade shutter can be adjusted, the light as the sun moves around the building rotates into the.
  绿色灯塔建筑外形是圆柱形的，所以有人给它起了外号叫“日晷”，其立面百叶可以调节，光照随着太阳移动围绕着建筑旋转而进入。
• By the sundial the solar term can be known too.
  该日晷还能确定当时所处的节气。
• There he showed a great deal of interest in doing things with his hands: he made a model of a windmill, he made water clocks, and he made a stone sundial.
  在那儿，他在手工劳动方面，表现出极大的兴趣：他做了一个风车模型、一些水钟，和一个石头日晷。
• Lay your shadows over the sundial.
  把你的影子投放在日规上。
• Humans have used many devices to measure time. The sundial was one of the earliest and simplest.
  人类使用了很多的装置去计量时间。日晷是其中最早和最简单的。
• The sundial could do little more than cast a shadow, when clouds or night did not render it a useless decoration.
  日晷只能投影，要是天阴或夜幕低垂，就成了无用的装饰品。
• 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。