Napier
['neipiə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617).
編輯:耶鲁--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- I insisted on writing to Napier, who was at Melton Mowbray. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Napier is at Melton Mowbray. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Very true, said Napier, suddenly jumping up; and, having wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, he began briskly to make fierce love to me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It was early in the seventeenth century that Napier, a native of Naples, invented the first actual mechanical means of calculating. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As to Julia, she could not leave her dear long-backed Mr. Napier for a single day. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Next came Napier, who, with his usual ill-breeding, began to whisper in Julia's ear. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- If I had the pen of a Napier, or a Bell's Life, I should like to describe this combat properly. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Julia showed us some very romantic love-letters from Napier, whom she shortly proposed joining in Leicestershire. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Napier and Rankine, for improvements in the air engine, which they anticipated would remove the objections that have been raised to the engines of Stirling and Ericsson. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The instrument was called Napier’s rod or Napier’s bones. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Worcester, Berwick, Parker and Napier; all to win and seduce away at once! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- When do you expect Mr. Napier? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Mr. Napier is rich and free. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She expected Napier to dine with her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Napier showed his teeth, merely observing, You have such a comical way of talking to one. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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