dial是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 表面, 钟面, 拨号盘 vt. 打电话，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This dial with movable needle is a manometer, is it not?"
-- This dial hanging in front of us indicates the speed of the Nautilus.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In her parlour was a long-case clock, and inserted into its dial was a ruddy, round, slant-eyed, joyous-painted face, that wagged over with the most ridiculous ogle when the clock ticked, and back again with the same absurd glad-eye at the next tick.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In fact, the longer the needle of a dial is, the more easily can the movement of its point be followed.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- One dial records days, and another thousands of days, another millions of days, and another thousands of millions.
-- Presently, when the million dial was at zero, I slackened speed.
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