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hour·glass /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs $ ˈaʊrɡlæs/ noun [countableC] 1.
TMCa glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour 〔计时用的〕沙漏 → egg-timer 2. hourglass figure DCBa woman who has an hourglass figure has a narrow waist in comparison with her chest and hips 〔女性的〕沙漏体型,蜂腰体型hourglass figure• Instead of having an hourglass figure, whose curves suggested motherhood and domesticity, she was boyishly slim.