| 单词 | pillar clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspillar clock pillar clock n. (a) a public clock mounted on top of a pillar; (b) a domestic clock with the movement and dial supported on four short vertical pillars; (c) a clock in which the time is shown by a pointer moving along a pillar or other linear scale. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1880 Manufacturer & Builder Oct. 217/3 A number of these pillar clocks, of very ornamental appearance and, illuminated at night, are said to have been erected in that city. 1933 Burlington Mag. Aug. p. xvi/1 Mr. Mody..retains the useful terms ‘Lantern, Bracket, and Pillar Clocks’ to describe the main types. 1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 131 Pillar clock, French drum clock with round movement and dial on four vertical pillars standing on a round base... Also a special form of Japanese clock showing time by a pointer moving along a linear scale, or any clock on a pillar. 1977 C. Jagger Clocks & Watches 219 Finally, there is the weight-driven ‘pillar clock’, to which no European clock even approximates, so called because it was long, narrow, very lightly constructed and could be attached to the main upright of a building in a wholly unobtrusive way which the Japanese..would not find offensive. 2003 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 11 The pillar clock, which was made by Smith's of Derby in 1958, stopped ticking in November 2001. < as lemmas |
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