| 单词 | sun clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun clock sun clock n. †(a) a clock constructed to show mean solar time (obsolete rare); (b) a sundial or similar instrument indicating the time of day by means of the shadow of a rod, pillar, etc., cast by the sun on to a marked surface (in early use frequently poetic). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial chilindrec1386 dialc1425 sundial1555 clocka1562 cylinder1593 horoscope1623 compass-dial1632 moon dial1664 ring dial1667 heliotrope1669 pole-dial1669 sciatheric1682 spot dial1687 polar dial1688 sun clock1737 meridian ring1839 solarium1842 journey-ring1877 scratch dial1914 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > sun- or moon-clock sun clock1737 moon-clock1800 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 68/2 [Joseph Williamson's] Clocks, thus framed, would keep Time to Admiration with the Sun, and therefore he called them his Sun-Clocks. 1829 E. Elliott Village Patriarch ix. 148 Thy sun-clock, as of old, is true! 1921 Classical Weekly 17 Oct. 23/1 We have ancient descriptions of sun-clocks, and these clocks are found on many walls and in excavations. 2000 J. Rykwert Seduction of Place (2009) v. 134 The vast sun clock set up by the first emperor, Augustus,..had a tall Egyptian obelisk for a needle. < as lemmas |
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