sundial
sundial
英[ˈsʌndaɪəl]美[ˈsʌndaɪəl]
n.日晷，日规；
复数：sundials;
例句
Like a giant sundial, it demarcates both space and time.像个巨大的日晷, 它划分了时空.
The hands are actually modeled after the shadow on a sundial.时针实际上是以日昝上的阴影为模型的.
A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.计时仪用于计时的装置(如钟或日昝)
Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow.月光把露水照得雪白, 一座旧日规投出一条长长的影子.
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
日晷
A sundial is a device used for telling the time when the sun is shining. The shadow of an upright rod falls onto a flat surface that is marked with the hours, and points to the correct hour.
英汉词典释义
n.
日晷, 日规
Churchyards often have sundials in them.教堂大院里通常设置日晷。英英词典释义
Noun
1. timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
行业词典
天文学： 日晷；观测日影测定视太阳时的天文仪器。由晷针和晷面两部分构成，按晷面放置的方向，可分为赤道、地平、竖立、斜立等型式。；
建筑： 日规；
