dolmen

/dohl-men, -muhn, dol-/US // ˈdoʊl mɛn, -mən, ˈdɒl- //UK // (ˈdɒlmɛn) //

多尔曼,碉堡,堐黍,碉堡了

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Archaeology.
- : a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.

Near the station of Sens, in France, there is a curious dolmen, on one of whose upright stones or props are carved two human feet.
Grey dolmen and grey menhir already stand there, by the last shores, memorials of his destiny.
The custom of burning the body commenced in the Stone Age, before the long barrow or the dolmen had passed out of use.
A brown shadow moved in the bracken near the dolmen, a brown face peered with infinite caution, round a flank of the great stones.
Occasionally legend assists us to prove the mortuary character of menhir and dolmen.