| 词汇 | quern |
| 释义 | quern noun[ C ] history specializeduk /kwɜːn/ us /kwɜ˞ːn/ a simple device for grinding grain (= making it into a powder) between two heavy stones: 手推石磨;小手磨 Neolithic peoples used stone querns to grind the hulled grains, then boiled them to make a kind of porridge. 新石器时代的人们用石磨去除谷物的壳，然后煮成粥一样的食物。 author/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Saddle querns, which are a slab of stone slightly hollow on the surface in which corn can be ground using a large pebble, have been recovered from Ardnave, Kilellan and Manitoba. She would be set to turn the quern to grind the oatmeal, and then she'd be sent to fetch hay, peat, and water. Amongst the artifacts recorded are a plain bronze pin, four arrow heads, two saddle querns, and large quantities of Early Bronze Age flint. At that time rice was brought into cultivation, and grain was crushed with a wheel in the quern. Machines - general words 3-D printer animatronic automated automation backhoe chuck coffee machine convenience crankshaft Heath Robinson humanoid immobilizer roller stacker stump grinder supersensitivity synchrotron tabulator valve workhorse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Prehistory Examples of quernquern At the other end, the terminus post quern is less clear (and less crucial). Thus, this year is the terminus post quern for the last revision of the chapter. The remains of a quern for grinding grain was also found within this central area, as was a single carved rock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pottery was painted with pigments that had been mixed with glass frit and ground in a wet quern. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A broken or disused quern therefore can be seen as symbolic of death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The broom was rushing around the room sweeping the floor of its own accord and the quern was grinding the corn without human assistance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The quern was an important tool in the household, and the quernstones were serial products aimed at larger markets and produced for people from different levels of the society. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The process of quern production has left behind considerable evidence in the area of the crags, including work flooring and trackways as well as many abandoned querns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The handstone of a rotary quern is much heavier than that of saddle quern and provides the necessary weight for the grinding of unmalted grain into flour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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