Dial

['daɪəl]

解释:

(noun.) the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours.

(noun.) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.

(noun.) the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.

(noun.) the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning.

(verb.) choose by means of a dial; 'dial a telephone number'.

(verb.) operate a dial to select a telephone number; 'You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial'.

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解释:

(n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.

(n.) The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.

(n.) A miner's compass.

(v. t.) To measure with a dial.

(v. t.) To survey with a dial.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Sun-dial.

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解释:

n. an instrument for showing the time of day by the sun's shadow: a timepiece: the face of a watch or clock: a circular plate on which a movable index shows the degree of pressure &c.—v.t. to measure as with a dial.—ns. Dī′alist a maker of dials: one skilled in dialling; Dī′alling the art of constructing dials: the science which explains the measuring of time by the sun-dial: surveying by help of a compass with sights such as is called a 'miner's dial;' Dīal-plate.

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