| 单词 | sand-clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand-clock sand-clock n. = sand-glass n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass running glass1480 night-glass1504 hourglass?1518 sand-glass1553 glass1557 minute glass1626 watch-glass1637 time-glass1712 sand-clock1865 hand glass1875 pulpit glass1907 1865 Student & Schoolmate June 177 One evening, fifty years ago, the noiseless ‘sand-clock’ in Squire Allen's bar-room was fast running down. 1964 Listener 24 Dec. 1011/3 The watch makers of Nuremberg were still turning out sand clocks on the egg-timer principle. < as lemmas |
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