sundial

sundial

英 ['sʌndaɪəl]
　　美 ['sʌn'daɪəl]

n. 日晷，日規；羽扇豆（產於美國東部）

中文詞源：

sundial 日晷

sun,太陽，dial,日晷。

例句：

1. Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow.
月光把露水照得雪白, 一座舊日規投出一條長長的影子.

2. A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.
計時儀用於計時的裝置(如鐘或日昝)

3. The sundial is the oldest known device for the measurement of time.
日晷是已知的最古老的一種測算時間的裝置.

4. The hands are actually modeled after the shadow on a sundial.
時針實際上是以日昝上的陰影為模型的.

5. Like a giant sundial, it demarcates both space and time.
像個巨大的日晷, 它劃分瞭時空.