clepsydra
英 ['kleps?dr?]
美['kl?ps?dr?]
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?clepsydrae;? clepsydras;
英文詞源
- clepsydra (n.)
- "ancient Greek water clock," 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek klepsydra, from stem of kleptein "to steal, to hide" (see kleptomania) + hydor "water" (see water (n.1)).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Many ancient Chinese men of letters left behind beautiful verses about the clepsydra.
- 作為計(jì)時(shí)器,漏刻的使用比日晷史為普遍.
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- 2. Galileo used a mercury clepsydra to time his experimental falling Bodies.
- 直到16世紀(jì)時(shí),迦利略還用水銀漏壺為其自由落體實(shí)驗(yàn)計(jì)時(shí).
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- 3. The invention and use sundial, clepsydra and other time - measuring machines is evidence of Chinese wisdom.
- 漏刻等計(jì)時(shí)儀器的發(fā)明和應(yīng)用, 證明中華民族是個(gè)充滿智慧的民族.
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- 4. Water clock : or clepsydra , Ancient device for measuring time by the gradual flow of water.
- 水鐘,亦稱(chēng)漏壺,利用水的流動(dòng)計(jì)時(shí)的古代時(shí)鐘.
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- 5. As a time - measuring apparatus , the clepsydra is used more widely than the sundial.
- 漏刻是以壺盛水,利用水均衡滴漏原理,觀測(cè)壺中刻箭上顯示的數(shù)據(jù)來(lái)計(jì)算時(shí)間.
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