单词 | water clock |
释义 | water clock (once / 159721 pages) n WORD FAMILY water clock: water clocks USAGE EXAMPLESThese are challenging poems that function much as water clocks did, using inflow and outflow to tell time. Washington Post(Oct 13, 2015) During long silences, while I am thinking, composing, I hear the water clock outside my door. Bartlett, Paul Alexander, Voices from the Past(2012) The sundial’s nocturnal counterpart, the water clock, was designed to measure temporal hours at night. Scientific American(Dec 31, 2011) n clock that measures time by the escape of water Syn|Hyper clepsydra, water glass clock a timepiece that shows the time of day |
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