柯林斯詞典sundial /?s?n?da??l/ (sundials) 1. N-COUNT A sundial is a device used for telling the time when the sun is shining. The shadow of an upright rod falls onto a flat surface that is marked with the hours, and points to the correct hour. 日晷 返回 sundial劍橋詞典a device used outside , especially in the past, that consists of a thin piece of metal attached to a flat surface printed with numbers . It shows the time by the metal making a shadow on the surface as the sun moves across the sky . 日晷,日槼 返回 sundial