| 单词 | water dial |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater dial water dial n. now historical and rare = water clock n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > water-clock water dial1546 water clock1601 water glass1633 clepsydra1646 hour water-ball1663 hydroscope1728 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. v. f. 44v The water dial [L. horologium] was vsed fyrst in Rome by P. Scipio Nasica ye ix.c. yere of the cytie to deuide ye houres of the day & night. 1849 N. Michell Ruins Many Lands iii. 204 A single Doric pillar, 60 feet high, with a large stone bason on the summit, stands at some distance south-west of the great platform; it is supposed to have been a water-dial. 2003 M. Reinberger Utility & Beauty iii. 73/1 A woman bent over a globe holding a clepsydra (an antique water dial) represented physics. < as lemmas |
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