| 单词 | astronomical clock |
| 释义 | astronomical clocknouna clock indicating or representing the movements of the sun or planets, the phases of the moon, or the sky visible at a given time, used as a means of establishing time or for additional information, as locating celestial bodies or timing their movement. a clock used for observing the apparent time of the meridian passages of heavenly bodies. Origin of astronomical clockFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby astronomical clockastronautics, astronavigation, astronomer, Astronomer Royal, astronomical, astronomical clock, astronomical distance, astronomical frame of reference, astronomical telescope, astronomical triangle, astronomical twilight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for astronomical clockastronomical clock nouna complex clock showing astronomical phenomena, such as the phases of the moon any clock showing sidereal time used in observatories Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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