hourglass
US /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
UK /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
1.
沙漏
a device for measuring time, consisting of two connected glass bulbs from which a quantity of sand takes an hour to pass
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The sand slowly trickled through the hourglass.
沙子慢慢地從沙漏中漏下。
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She turned the hourglass over to start the timer.
她翻轉沙漏以啟動計時器。
2.
沙漏型, 沙漏狀
a figure or shape that is narrow in the middle and wider at the top and bottom, resembling an hourglass
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She has an hourglass figure.
她有沙漏型身材。
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The vase had an elegant hourglass shape.
花瓶呈優雅的沙漏狀。