| 单词 |
aggeration |
| 释义 |
aggeration|ædʒəˈreɪʃən| [ad. L. aggerātiōn-em n. of action f. aggerā-re: see prec.] A heaping up; the raising of a heap. In Archæol. the supposed raising of a mound, as an inclined plane for the elevation and erection of standing or elevated stones, such as those of Stonehenge, etc.
1692Ray Diss. of World v. §1 (L.) By these various aggerations of sand and silt the sea is closely cut short and driven back. 1832Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 289, I think the stones are more likely to have been raised by mechanical means than by the rude process of aggeration. |

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