A sealed tube containing a liquid, the clarity of which was thought to change when storms approach.
暴风雨预测管，气候变化预测管（装有溶液的密封管，暴风雨来临时，溶液的清澈度被认为会改变）
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If the liquid in this storm glass is clear, the weather should be bright and clear.
Observing the liquid in the storm glass was supposed to indicate changes in the weather.
The first storm glasses likely appeared around 1750, but their first documented shipboard use dates to the Beagle's famed 1831-36 circumnavigation.
The water barometer, or storm glass, is of the type used since the 17th century to demonstrate variations in atmospheric pressure quickly and reliably.
FitzRoy described the various crystal shapes and patterns that would develop within the storm glass according to different wind directions and weather conditions.
Definition of storm glass in US English:
storm glass
noun
historical
A sealed tube containing a solution whose clarity is thought to change when storms approach.
暴风雨预测管，气候变化预测管（装有溶液的密封管，暴风雨来临时，溶液的清澈度被认为会改变）
Example sentencesExamples
The first storm glasses likely appeared around 1750, but their first documented shipboard use dates to the Beagle's famed 1831-36 circumnavigation.
FitzRoy described the various crystal shapes and patterns that would develop within the storm glass according to different wind directions and weather conditions.
If the liquid in this storm glass is clear, the weather should be bright and clear.
The water barometer, or storm glass, is of the type used since the 17th century to demonstrate variations in atmospheric pressure quickly and reliably.
Observing the liquid in the storm glass was supposed to indicate changes in the weather.