hourglass

• Устройство, состоящее из двух стеклянных колб, соединённых узким горлышком, содержащее песок, который пересыпается из верхней колбы в нижнюю за фиксированный промежуток времени, обычно один час, используемое для измерения времени.

A device consisting of two glass bulbs connected by a narrow neck, containing sand that flows from the upper to the lower bulb in a fixed period, typically one hour, used to measure time.

1. Timekeeping deviceB1formal

   A device consisting of two glass bulbs connected by a narrow neck, used to measure a specific amount of time, typically one hour, by the flow of sand from the upper to the lower bulb.

   Песочные часы

   • The old hourglass on the shelf still measures exactly sixty minutes.
   • She turned the hourglass over to start timing the game.
   • The sand in the hourglass slowly trickled down, marking the passage of an hour.

   Синонимыsandglass