| 词汇 | menhir |
| 释义 | menhir noun[ C ] uk /ˈmen.hɪər/ us /ˈmen.hɪr/ a tall stone put in a vertical position by people in prehistoric times (= the period before there were written records): （史前的）巨石柱 The countryside is dotted with Neolithic menhirs.新石器时代的巨石柱遍布乡间。 Synonym standing stone jopelka/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages According to local legend the menhirs were Roman soldiers turned to stone by a druid. The site at Le Ménec has 1,099 menhirs in 12 rows. There are two giant menhirs close by, one of them covered with symbolic engravings. Menhirs are tall standing stones that archaeologists often ascribe to fertility cults. Prehistory anatosaurus apatosaurus Australopithecus brachiosaurus broch henge Holocene ice age ichthyosaur iguanodon Phanerozoic pictograph Pleistocene Pliocene post-glacial raptor Silurian standing stone stegosaurus stone-age Examples of menhirmenhir Natural weathering of the sandstone has given the menhir's surface an unusual appearance, superficially similar to carved drapery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Where menhirs appear in groups, often in a circular, oval, henge or horseshoe formation, they are sometimes called megalithic monuments. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The stelae are also described as obelisks or statue menhirs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Obelix however is quite miserable: he has had too much of this tomfoolery with menhirs, markets, money, meat and mayhem, which he never understood at all. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only the dolmens and menhirs remain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Obelix has also lost his old strength, leaving him feeling useless, as he now can not lift menhirs or eat boars in the same quantity that he is used to. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are also menhirs, dolmens and cromlechs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a picture on the back of this booklet of a splendid menhir, which has been there for probably thousands of years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the war remained a stalemate, in looking for a way to change his fate, the prince came across a menhir ring within the woods. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the end though, he usually ends up as a menhir again and is returned to the alignments. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is one larger menhir in the south-east. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cromlech is located within the property, 1.5 kilometres southwest, while the menhir is sited on the limits of the residence to the east. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tallest menhir is 3.6 m in height, 1.6 m in width and 25 cm in thickness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2009 a menhir or longstone was discovered in a boundary hedge close to the coastal footpath. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After studying them, it was concluded that the three pieces could be put together and fitted perfectly to form the original menhir. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of menhir These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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