As a time-measuring apparatus, the clepsydra is used more widely than the sundial. 漏刻是以壶盛水,利用水均衡滴漏原理,观测壶中刻箭上显示的数据来计算时间。
Before the mechanical clock was imported into China, the clepsydra was the most widely used time-measuring device. 在机械钟表传入中国之前,漏刻是我国使用最普遍的一种计时器。
The invention and use of the gnomon-and- ruler, sundial, clepsydra and other time-measuring machines is evidence of Chinese wisdom. 圭表、晷、刻等计时仪器的发明和应用,证明中华民族是个充满智慧的民族。
clepsydra clepsydrae
[ noun ] clock that measures time by the escape of water <noun.artifact>
Clepsydra \Clep"sy*dra\ (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. ?; ? to steal, conceal + ? water.] A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in {Appendix}. ※ ||