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menhir

/men-hir/US // ˈmɛn hɪr //UK // (ˈmɛnhɪə) //

史蒂文斯,史丹利,史密斯,史蒂文斯先生

Related Words

stone石头,石材,石块,石料 column栏目,专栏,列,柱子 pillar支柱,支架,支撑物,支撑 statue雕像,塑像,雕塑,雕象 monument纪念碑,纪念馆,纪念物,纪念品 block块,阻止,阻挡,块状

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Archaeology.
- : an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmonolith

Synonyms

block块,阻止,阻挡,块状 column栏目,专栏,列,柱子 monument纪念碑,纪念馆,纪念物,纪念品 pillar支柱,支架,支撑物,支撑 statue雕像,塑像,雕塑,雕象 stone石头,石材,石块,石料

Examples

Then it would send its rays across the pool full on the face of the menhir, as it seemed.
I think that the fall of the menhir scared them, for they were yet tied where Evan left them, just before that.
The largest known is the Menhir of Locmariaquer in Morbihan, now fallen and broken.
Thus it is believed in many localities that a "menhir" in the neighbourhood turns on its axis at midnight.
Grey dolmen and grey menhir already stand there, by the last shores, memorials of his destiny.

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