hourglass
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈaʊə.ɡlɑːs]
- 美式音标 [ˈaʊr.ɡlæs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.时漏；砂漏；水漏
同根派生
英汉例句
- Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
爱情就象一个砂漏,当脑子倒空的时候心就被填满了。 - Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they can not be replaced.
一个人的沙漏计时器中的沙子一旦流走了，那是无法弥补的。
用作名词 (n.)
英英字典
- a glass container filled with sand that takes one hour to move from an upper to a lower part through a narrow opening in the middle, used especially in the past to measure time