| 单词 | rain gauge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain gauge rain gauge n. an apparatus for collecting and measuring, and sometimes automatically recording, the amount of rain which falls. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > rain-gauge hyetometer1730 ombrometer1744 pluviometer1755 rain machine1768 rain gauge1770 udometer1825 hyetometrograph1886 pluviograph1886 pluvioscope1887 ombrograph1895 1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 359 The rain-gage..was fixed so high, as to rise above all the neighbouring chimnies. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. 105 Rivers are the rain-gauges of nature. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xiii. 197 Before I left Alor Star, the State Engineer instructed me to carry about a rain gauge. 1995 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Nov. p. civ/2 (advt.) Ideal Christmas gifts—all available by post. Raingauges..frost predictors..and many more. < as lemmas |
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