magnetic compass

常见例句

A cell in the eye may be worth two in the beak, at least when it comes to a migratory bird’s magnetic compass.
鸟的眼睛中的细胞可能会是鸟嘴里细胞价值的两倍，至少当谈到候鸟的磁性罗盘来说是这样。
"They also have a magnetic compass that enables them to navigate thousands of kilometres, even at night, " says Robson.
“它们还有磁性罗盘使它们能够航行成千上万里，即使在晚上。” 罗布森说。
And they made use of a magnetic compass at least a century before the first reference to it appeared elsewhere.
而他们对于指南针的使用比其他地方有史料记载的出现至少早1个世纪。

A compass is a device containing a metal object that points toward the magnetic north pole.

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They moved often, living near Byron Bay, a beachfront community in New South Wales, and on Magnetic Island, a tiny pile of rock that Captain Cook believed had magnetic properties that distorted his compass readings.
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