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Meanings of sandglass in English
A device that measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time thanks to sand flowing through a narrow passage from one vessel to another.
Usage of sandglass in English
1
It is hollow and sandglass-shaped, with only two strings remaining.
2
In fact he was timing the eclipse with his sandglass, re-emerging at the appropriate juncture.
3
There were sandglass clocks.
4
It was called The Sandglass in English.
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"Judging from the sounds half a sandglass ago, he was healthy enough."
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The motif of time passing underpins his second novel, The Sandglass (1998), a complex reconstruction of warring dynasties and corporate greed.