gnomon

英式音标：gnomon怎么读

美式音标：gnomon怎么读

gnomon词义

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n. 指时针；日晷


gnomon双语例句

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1. In all cases the gnomon lies in the plane of the meridian.
表始终都处于子午面内.

来自辞典例句

2. The gnomon - and - ruler indicates the time by the length of the shadow of stylus in the sun.
圭表是利用太阳射影的长短来判断时间的.

来自中国文学部分

gnomon英文词源

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gnomon (n.)
"vertical shaft that tells time by the shadow it casts" (especially the triangular plate on a sundial), 1540s, from Latin gnomon, from Greek gnomon "indicator (of a sundial), carpenter's rule," also, in plural, "the teeth that mark the age of a horse or mule," literally "one that discerns or examines," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). In geometry from 1560s, from a use in Greek. In early use in English sometimes folk-etymologized as knowman. Related: Gnomonic.

gnomon实用场景例句

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In all cases the gnomon lies in the plane of the meridian.
表始终都处于子午面内.

辞典例句