nilometer

美 　英

• n.【工】水位計
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)尼羅河丈量儀；尼羅河水位量尺；尼羅河水位測量標尺

英漢解釋

n.

1. 【工】水位計

例句

This instrument, called a Nilometer was used by the ancient Pharaohs to establish how high the periodic floods would be.

這個被稱作“Nilometer”的設(shè)備，是古代法老用來預測一定時期內(nèi)洪水的可能高度。

This is the famous Nilometer by which water levels in the River Nilo were noted.

這就是著名的尼羅河儀。用它測星尼羅河的水位。