Dial

(noun.) the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours.

(noun.) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.

(noun.) the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.

(noun.) the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning.

(verb.) choose by means of a dial; 'dial a telephone number'.

(verb.) operate a dial to select a telephone number; 'You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial'.

克拉拉录入

• That was a crude sun dial. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The doctor turned the dial and looked at his watch. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Watch-cases, clock-cases, and dial-plates for clocks and watches, have been prohibited to be exported. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Dial Telegraph is still another modification of the telegraph. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• An hour hand was carried by a shaft of the great wheel, and a dial plate divided into hours. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This sets in motion a train of wheels carrying the hands over the dials which mark the quantity of gas consumed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• By this time great astronomers like Tycho Brahe and Valherius had divided the time-recording dials into minutes and seconds. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This was the first calculating machine made with dials. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Callahan removed the two dials, and, substituting type wheels, turned the movements face to face, so that each type wheel could imprint its characters upon a paper tape in two lines. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A third took the time from two clock dials when the observer gave the signal, and the exact moment of o bservation was also recorded by student number two. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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