hourglass的意思

hourglass

英式音标['aʊɚɡlæs]
美式英标['aʊəglɑːs]

基本解释

n. 沙漏；水漏

hourglass 沙漏，丰乳肥臀的

一种含沙子的玻璃容器，沙子全部漏完刚好一小时。后用于形容体型丰满的女人，如美国模特金.卡戴珊。

hourglass (n.): 1510s, from hour + glass. Used 19c. in a variety of technical and scientific senses to describe the shape; reference to women's bodies is attested by 1897.
Men condemn corsets in the abstract, and are sometimes brave enough to insist that the women of their households shall be emancipated from them; and yet their eyes have been so generally educated to the approval of the small waist, and the hourglass figure, that they often hinder women who seek a hygienic style of dress. [Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, "The Story of My Life," 1898]

3. The hourglass empties swiftly and delay could be deadly.: 沙漏之沙很快就会流光,拖延太久将会带来致命的后果.

4. After glass blowing was invented, the hourglass came into use.: 吹制玻璃术发明后, 滴漏计时器便开始使用.

5. White hourglass you gave, is a gift about the growth.: 送给你的白色沙漏, 是一个关于成长的礼物.