clepsydra

clepsydra

美 ['klepsɪdrə] 　英 ['klepsɪdrə]

• n.铜壶滴漏
• 网络漏壶；滴漏计时器；漏刻

词形变化

复数：clepsydras  复数：clepsydrae  

英汉解释

n.	1. 漏壶,水漏,铜壶滴漏

英英解释

n.	1. an ancient device used for measuring time by noting the amount of water or mercury that passes through a small aperture during a particular period

例句

I have never seen a clepsydra like this! I'm positive these are the instruments Iris needs for her observations.

我从未见过这样的漏壶！我确定这是艾里斯占卜所需的设备。

Basically, the ancient Chinese escapement regulator was a waterwheel steelyard-clepsydra device.

古中国擒纵调速器的基本型式是「水轮秤漏装置」。

Time was measured with a water clock or clepsydra, which literally steals time, as in the Greek kleptes, a thief or embezzler.

时间是通过水钟或漏壶（clepsydra）来计算的，漏壶（clepsydra）字面上意为偷取时间，希腊文中的kleptes也就是盗贼之意。

Water clock : or clepsydra , Ancient device for measuring time by the gradual flow of water.

水钟，亦称漏壶，利用水的流动计时的古代时钟。

If you wish to fill the clepsydra more quickly, hold down the mouse button.

如果你希望更快的注满漏壶，按住你的鼠标键。

Galileo used a mercury clepsydra to time his experimental falling bodies.

直到16世纪时，迦利略还用水银漏壶为其自由落体实验计时。

A Possible Structure of Li Lan's Steelyard Clepsydra and Its Principle for the Stabilization of Average Flow Velocity

李兰秤漏的一种可能结构及其平均流速稳定原理

The Steelyard Clepsydra: Its Structure and Principle of Steady Flow

秤漏的结构及其稳流原理