中文翻译与英英解释 | 水钟，滴漏。
| | | water: n. 1.水；雨水；露；〔常作 pl. 〕 矿泉，温泉； ... | | clock: n. 袜子跟部[侧面下方]的织绣花纹。 vt. 织[绣] ... | |
| clock that measures time by the escape of water
同义词：clepsydra, water glass,
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| A water clock or clepsydra (Greek κλ?πτειν kleptein, 'to steal'; ?δωρ hudor, 'water') is any timepiece in which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel where the amount is then measured. |
例句与用法 | 1. | Time no longer “ flowed , ” as it did literally in a water clock
在以水钟计时的时代里，时间的确是在流逝。
| | 2. | Its first exhibition , heavenly creations - gems of ancient chinese inventions , includes the world s oldest surviving map on paper and the oldest surviving water clock
在迁址后首个举办的“天工开物- -中国古代科技文物展”中，展出世界上最古老而仍然存在的纸地图和铜壶滴漏。
| | 3. | The need to gauge the divisions of the day and night led the ancient egyptians , greeks and romans to create sundials , water clocks and other early chronometric tools
古埃及人、希腊人与罗马人为了测定昼夜之别，发明了日晷、水钟及其他早期计时工具，后来由西方世界继承了这些技术。
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