| 单词 | clepsydra |
| 释义 | clepsydra (once / 80955 pages) n WORD FAMILY clepsydra: clepsydrae, clepsydras USAGE EXAMPLES“It is the age-old principle of the clepsydra.” New York Times(Apr 24, 2013) The clepsydra became in Greece a useful instrument to enforce the law in restricting loquacious orators and lawyers to reasonable limits in their addresses. Doolittle, William Henry, Inventions in the Century(2011) It was invented by the Egyptians, and was called a clepsydra, and was in use among the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Blake, John F., Astronomical Myths—Based on Flammar...(2011) n clock that measures time by the escape of water Syn|Hyper water clock, water glass clock a timepiece that shows the time of day |
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