| 单词 |
menhir |
| 释义 |
menhir Archæol.|ˈmɛnhɪə(r)| Also erron. menzhir. [a. Breton men hir ‘long stone’ (men, mean stone, hir long: = Welsh maen hir, Cornish medn hir).] A tall upright monumental stone, of varying antiquity, found in various parts of Europe, and also in Africa and Asia.
1840T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany II. 300 The menhir of Plouarzel. 1851[see peulvan]. 1870Lubbock Orig. Civiliz. vi. (1875) 302 Circular marks closely resembling those on some of our European menhirs. 1904Windle Rem. Preh. Age viii. 192 The Dartmoor row begins with a circle and ends with a menhir. |

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