hourglass

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英式音标 [ˈaʊə.ɡlɑːs]
美式音标 [ˈaʊr.ɡlæs]
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基本解释

n.时漏；砂漏；水漏

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

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。

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

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