clepsydra
英 ['klepsɪdrə]
美['klɛpsɪdrə]
- n. 漏壶
词态变化
复数: clepsydrae; clepsydras;
英文词源
- 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)).
双语例句
- 1. Many ancient Chinese men of letters left behind beautiful verses about the clepsydra.
- 作为计时器,漏刻的使用比日晷史为普遍.
来自中国文学部分
- 2. Galileo used a mercury clepsydra to time his experimental falling Bodies.
- 直到16世纪时,迦利略还用水银漏壶为其自由落体实验计时.
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- 3. The invention and use sundial, clepsydra and other time - measuring machines is evidence of Chinese wisdom.
- 漏刻等计时仪器的发明和应用, 证明中华民族是个充满智慧的民族.
来自互联网
- 4. Water clock : or clepsydra , Ancient device for measuring time by the gradual flow of water.
- 水钟,亦称漏壶,利用水的流动计时的古代时钟.
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- 5. As a time - measuring apparatus , the clepsydra is used more widely than the sundial.
- 漏刻是以壶盛水,利用水均衡滴漏原理,观测壶中刻箭上显示的数据来计算时间.
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