sundial是什么意思？

sundial

英[ˈsʌndaɪəl] 美[ˈsʌnˌdaɪəl]

• n. 日晷，日规；

复数：sundials;

例句

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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  日晷
  A sundial is 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.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  日晷, 日规
  Churchyards often have sundials in them. 教堂大院里通常设置日晷。

英英词典释义

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

行业词典

• 天文学： 日晷；观测日影测定视太阳时的天文仪器。由晷针和晷面两部分构成，按晷面放置的方向，可分为赤道、地平、竖立、斜立等型式。；
  建筑： 日规；