waywiser

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instrument for measuring distance travelled, such as an odometer, pedometer, perambulator, etc.
    — I went to see Colonel Blount, who showed me the application of the "Waywiser" to a coach, exactly measuring the miles and showing them by an index as we went along.
  2. An instrument for determining direction (and possibly other aspects of one's travel as well).
    — Not being accustomed to this cruciform movement, I was not able, by the waywiser, to determine the real direction of the balloon, and on this account M. Robertson suffered to escape a considerable quantity of gas; on which we again fell till the barometer stood at 29 inches, about 50 minutes past seven.
  3. A guide; A means of determining the direction in which to proceed. figuratively
    — We have not sought to make a treatise, but only to set up a waywiser or signpost to show the road the law is taking .

词形变化

waywisers plural

词源

Compare German Wegweiser (“a waymark, a guide”), from Weg (“way”) + weisen (“to show, direct”).
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