英语词汇“clepsydra”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

clepsydra

/ˈklɛpsɪdrə

noun (plural clepsydras or clepsydrae /ˈklɛpsɪdriː/)

An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water.Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back....

Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC.
The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein 'steal' + hudōr 'water'.

单词	clepsydra
释义	clepsydra /ˈklɛpsɪdrə / noun (plural clepsydras or clepsydrae /ˈklɛpsɪdriː/) An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water.Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back.... Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC. The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein 'steal' + hudōr 'water'.
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