| 单词 | hourglass |
| 释义 | Related topics: Chronologyhour·glass /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs $ ˈaʊrɡlæs/ noun [countable] 1. TMCa glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour 〔计时用的〕沙漏 → egg-timer2. hourglass figure DCBa woman who has an hourglass figure has a narrow waist in comparison with her chest and hips 〔女性的〕沙漏体型，蜂腰体型Examples from the Corpushourglass• Like sand in an hourglass, simultaneously pulled in both directions by the mysterious appetite of a two-headed gravity.• I picture the evolution of human consciousness in the shape of an hourglass.• The sand has run out of the hourglass.hour·glass nounChineseSyllable glass which Corpus in container measuring time sand a for |
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