| 词汇 | hourglass |
| 释义 | hourglass noun[ C ] uk /ˈaʊə.ɡlɑːs/ us /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/ a glass container filled with sand that takes one hour to move from an upper to a lower part through a narrow opening in the middle, used especially in the past to measure time（用于计时的）沙漏 mgkaya/E+/GettyImages Watches & clocks 24-hour clock against the clockidiom alarm alarm clock at/on the stroke of somethingidiom atomic clock clock horology hour hand lose military time minute hand movement pendulum stroke timepiece turn the clocks backphrase twenty-four-hour clock unsynchronized watchband hourglass | American Dictionaryhourglass noun[ C ] us/ˈɑʊərˌɡlæs/ a glass container that contains sand that moves from an upper to a lower part through a narrow opening in the middle and is used for measuring time Examples of hourglasshourglass The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again, and you with it, speck of dust ! For one, elaborately modeled image censers and censer stands abruptly ceased to be used, and spiked hourglass and ladle censers were adopted. The imploded target develops an hourglass shape that effectively isolates the marker layer for diagnostic imaging. The center is driven more energetically and creates an hourglass shape to the imploded ablator shell. According to its shape the ducts were divided into three distinct types: tunnel, hourglass and window. Our teleomeres are shortening, the hourglass is emptying of sand. The occlusion rate was less in ductus of hourglass shape (80%) and worst in those of window shape. The transverse views demonstrate an hourglass-shape to the imploded target. The transverse view clearly shows an hourglass shape to the imploded target. The hourglass visualises this fragmentation of time through the falling of sand grains. The timepiece in question seems to have relied upon the movement of a fluid, something like sand in an hourglass. During growth there is also a change from an 'hourglass-shaped' glabella to a nearly parallel-sided glabella, tapering slightly forward. Non-image incensario forms are primarily open bowls (lak?) or basins and pedestal or hourglass (biconical) vase shapes. Compound eyes in untreated specimens are reddish and somewhat hourglass-shaped, concave on the anterior and posterior edges, not divided. The sands are running out in the hourglass so far as they are concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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