sextant

n. 六分仪（航海定向仪器）；圆的六分之一

n.

（航海用的）六分仪；

变形

复数：sextants

英英释义

sextant[ 'sekstənt ]

n.

a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Before he died,the unfortunate man handed you his sextant.
在那个不幸的人临死之前，他给了你他的六分仪。

权威例句

sextant

sextant: [17] A sextant is etymologically an instrument based on a ‘sixth’ of a circle. Sextants measure off the angle between the horizon and a celestial body on a graduated scale that is marked on an arc equal to one sixth of a circle. They were first named at the beginning of the 17th century by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who used the term sextāns ‘sixth part’, a derivative of Latin sextus ‘sixth’ (to which English six is closely related). The anglicized version sextant is first recorded in 1628.=> six

sextant (n.)

instrument for determining latitude, 1620s, from Modern Latin sextans, said to have been coined c. 1600 by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, from Latin sextans "a sixth," from sex "six" (see six). So called because the sextans has a graduated arc equal to a sixth part of a circle.

1. Other early instruments included the sextant and the astrolabe.

另外的早期仪器还有六分仪和星盘。

2. Other early instruments included the sextant and the astrolabe.

另外的早期仪器还有六分仪和星盘。

3. Other early instruments included the sextant and the astrolabe. Longitude (used for navigation with increasing success in the 17th-18th century) was fixed using chronometers and tables showing positions of celestial Bodies throughout the year.

另外的早期仪器还有六分仪和星盘。确定纬度(在17至18世纪逐渐成功地用于导航)是利用时计以及显示全年天体位置的表格。

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4. Maria taught them to use the sextant, an instrument measuring the height of the sun from the horizon.

玛丽向他们传授使用六分仪的方法，这种仪器可以用来测算太阳距海面的高度。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. radio sextant

射电六分仪

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6. sextant adjustment

六分仪调准

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7. a sextant..." Now, " I said, " they take the sun through this thing."

我……找到一个六分仪。“好啦

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8. A medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies.

星盘一种中世纪的仪器，曾用来测量太阳或其它天体的高度，现在已被六分仪取代

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. detachable bubble horizon sextant

可卸式气泡水准六分仪

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10. surveying sextant

测量六分仪

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11. an instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration.

测量天体角度的仪器；类似于六分仪但是带有度的刻度。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

12. sextant altitude

六分仪高度

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]