水钟 meaning in English

[天文学] water clock

Time no longer “ flowed , ” as it did literally in a water clock
在以水钟计时的时代里，时间的确是在流逝。
But the cogs and levers that drive technological progress are as intricate and delicate as su sung ' s mechanism
但是推动技术进程的结构要素就如同苏颂的水钟一样错综复杂。
The need to gauge the divisions of the day and night led the ancient egyptians , greeks and romans to create sundials , water clocks and other early chronometric tools
古埃及人、希腊人与罗马人为了测定昼夜之别，发明了日晷、水钟及其他早期计时工具，后来由西方世界继承了这些技术。