记忆方法
将“gnomon”拆解为“gno-”和“-mon”，其中“gno-”可以联想到“gnosis”，即知识或了解的意思，“-mon”则可以想象为“监控者”或“观察者”。组合起来，“gnomon”可以想象为“知识的监控者”，实际上它是古代用来测量日影的装置，代表着对时间和知识的测量。这样的联想可以帮助记忆这个词的含义。
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词族 · gnomon
词形变化
英语词源
- gnomon (n.)
- "vertical shaft that tells time by the shadow it casts" (especially the triangular plate on a sundial), 1540s, from Latin gnomon, from Greek gnomon "indicator (of a sundial), carpenter's rule," also, in plural, "the teeth that mark the age of a horse or mule," literally "one that discerns or examines," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). In geometry from 1560s, from a use in Greek. In early use in English sometimes folk-etymologized as knowman. Related: Gnomonic.
权威例句
- 1. In all cases the gnomon lies in the plane of the meridian.
- 表始终都处于子午面内.
- 2. The gnomon - and - ruler indicates the time by the length of the shadow of stylus in the sun.
- 圭表是利用太阳射影的长短来判断时间的.