| 单词 |
moon-dial |
| 释义 |
ˈmoon-dial A dial for showing the hours of the night by the moon.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. vi. 17 Some pretious Stones are Natural Moon-dials; the Selenite [etc.]. 1727–52Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dial. a 1849 Poe Fairyland 11 About twelve by the moon-dial. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 154 note, In one of the Courts of Queens' College, Cambridge, there is an elaborate sun-dial..and around it a series of numbers which make it available as a moon-dial when the moon's age is known. |

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