sundial

• n. 日晷，日規；羽扇豆（產於美國東部）

sun,太陽，dial,日晷。

sundial (n.)

also sun-dial, 1590s, from sun (n.) + dial (n.). Earlier simply dial.

1. Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow.

月光把露水照得雪白, 一座舊日規投出一條長長的影子.

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2. A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.

計時儀用於計時的裝置(如鍾或日昝)

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3. The sundial is the oldest known device for the measurement of time.

日晷是已知的最古老的一種測算時間的裝置.

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4. The hands are actually modeled after the shadow on a sundial.

時針實際上是以日昝上的陰影為模型的.

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5. Like a giant sundial, it demarcates both space and time.

像個巨大的日晷, 它劃分了時空.

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