The sundial, he was banished in a sundial.

日晷，他被关在日晷里了？

The sundial in the center is a Dutch design.

中心的日晷是荷兰的设计。

Any of y'all ever heard of the sundial of Kronos?

你们听说过克罗诺斯的日晷吗？

'What papers? What sundial? ' he asked.

'什么文件？什么日晷仪？'他又问道。

The sundial gives the owner power to control time itself.

日晷给了拥有者控制时间的力量。

And sundials kind of automatically do this! But they have other… drawbacks.

日晷可以自动做到这点！但它们也有其他的缺陷。

So the Nightingale flew over to the Rose-tree that was growing round the old sun-dial.

于是夜莺就朝着那棵长在古日晷旁的玫瑰树飞去了。

Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know time's thievish progress to eternity.

凭借日晷你心知星横斗转，世间的脚步正蹒跚地走向永恒。

The boasting clock now held his tongue, and the dial only smiled at his folly.

正在吹嘘的时钟这下可住了嘴，日晷转盘只是对它笑了笑而已。

Get that sundial and we can control time with ease.

拿到日晷，然后我们就可以轻松控制时间。

More precise time-keeping, like sundials and mechanical clocks, eventually came along to put time in more convenient boxes.

后来出现了更确的计时方法，比如日晷、机械钟，让计时变得更方便。

'Put the papers on the sundial, ' I read, peeping over his shoulder.

'把文件放在日晷仪上，'我从他肩膀背后望着信封念道。'

'What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.'

'我和日晷仪啦、文件啦，有什么关系？对这种无聊的事我不屑顾。'

The princess looked at the sundial.

公主看着日晷。

In ancient times, people used sundials to tell the time.

在古代，人们用日晷来计时。

A sundial is a flat circle with a stick in the middle.

日晷是个中间有根棍子的平面圆盘。

There they found a circle of green lawn with a sundial in the center.

在那里他们发现了圈绿色的草坪，中央有个日晷。

This is a big traditional sundial and we actually have the original sundial at the back of the garden.

这是个很大的传统日晷，我们实际上在花园后面有原来的日晷。

Therefore, there could have been a difference between clock time and sundial time.

因此，钟表时间与日晷时间之间可能存在差异。

Clocks and watches, and probably even sundials, were then unknown, so these divisions were marked by burning candles of equal lengths.

钟表，甚至日晷在当时也不为人所知，因此这三块时间是通过点燃相同长度的蜡烛表示的。