Word · Frequency #22299
sundial
日晷；日规
a timepiece that shows the time by the shadow of a gnomon on a calibrated dial
- 1.
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
- 2.
timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
通过日晷指针在刻度盘上的阴影指示白昼时间的计时器
- 3.
A sea snail of the genus Heliacus.
通过日晷指针在刻度盘上的阴影指示白昼时间的计时器；日规；日晷
In use
The old garden has a stone sundial that shows the time only when the sun is shining.
Grandpa taught us how to read the shadow on the sundial.
People used sundials long before clocks were invented.
a sundial
sundial 是可数名词，前面通常用冠词或限定词。
A sundial uses the sun's shadow to tell the time.
日晷利用太阳的影子来报时。
on a sundial
表示“在日晷上”时，介词用 on。
The shadow on a sundial moves as the sun crosses the sky.
日晷上的影子随着太阳越过天空而移动。
read a sundial
read 在这里表示“读取（刻度）”。
Connections
Collocations
- read the sundial
- 看日晷计时
- The gardener read the sundial to know when to stop working.园丁看日晷以知道何时停止工作。
- sundial time
- 日晷所示的时间
- Sundial time is different from clock time.日晷时间与钟表时间不同。
- ancient sundial
- 古代日晷
- The museum displayed an ancient sundial from Egypt.博物馆展出了一座来自埃及的古代日晷。
- garden sundial
- 花园日晷
- They bought a bronze garden sundial for their backyard.他们为后院买了一座青铜花园日晷。
- sundial shadow
- 日晷的影子
- The sundial shadow falls on the hour mark.日晷的影子落在小时刻度上。
- set a sundial
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆分记忆：sun（太阳）+ dial（表盘），太阳在表盘上投下影子就是日晷。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述日晷的计时原理或历史、庭院或公园中的日晷陈设、天文或科学教学场合 sundial 属于中性词，正式与非正式语境都可用；多用于介绍日晷的工作原理、历史遗迹或庭院陈设，在书面说明中比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The final element of sundial is pronounced /daɪl/. Mile (/maɪl/), style (/staɪl/), smile (/smaɪl/), and while (/waɪl/) match that /-aɪl/ sound, though they do not rhyme with the whole word because sundial's main stress is on the first syllable. Dial (/ˈdaɪəl/) and trial (/ˈtraɪəl/) are spelling lookalikes ending in -ial, but they have an extra schwa sound and so do not sound like the -dial in sundial as transcribed here.
Learn the forms together
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