sextants

sextants

美 [ˈsekstənt] 　英 ['sekstənt]

• n.六分仪；【天】六分仪(星)座；〈罕〉圆的六分之一
• 网络六检查区位；六个部位

词形变化

复数：sextants  

英汉解释

n.	1. 六分仪 2. 【天】六分仪(星)座 3. 〈罕〉圆的六分之一

英英解释

n.	1. a piece of equipment that sailors use for looking at the stars so that they can calculate the position of their ship

例句

Third Mate: We have sextants and magnetic compass on board the boat.

三副：救生艇上有六分仪和磁罗经。

There are many who insist that the paradigms of greed, arrogance and usurpation are the true reference points for our sextants.

有很多人坚持认为贪婪、傲慢自大和强取豪夺的范式是我们的六分仪的真正的参考点。

And we are setting our sextants clearly upon these cosmic beacons.

并且我们正在设置我们的六分仪以使之清晰的对准宇宙的灯塔。