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词汇 cromlech
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Definition of cromlech in English:

cromlech

noun ˈkrɒmlɛkˈkrɑmˌlɛk
  • 1(in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones; a dolmen.

    (威尔士的由置于数块竖石上的一块大石板组成的)石板墓。亦称DOLMEN

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were the so called Megalithic People, the builders of dolmens, cromlechs and other monuments over or to their dead.
    • Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.
    • The stones were not dolmens or cromlechs.
    • Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, cromlechs and tumuli.
    Synonyms
    memorial
  • 2(in Brittany) a circle of standing stones.

    (布列塔尼的)石圈

Origin

Welsh, from crom, feminine of crwm 'arched' + llech 'flat stone'; sense 2 is via French from Breton krommlec'h.

Definition of cromlech in US English:

cromlech

nounˈkrɑmˌlɛkˈkrämˌlek
  • 1(in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones.

    (威尔士的由置于数块竖石上的一块大石板组成的)石板墓。亦称DOLMEN

    Also called dolmen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, cromlechs and tumuli.
    • They were the so called Megalithic People, the builders of dolmens, cromlechs and other monuments over or to their dead.
    • The stones were not dolmens or cromlechs.
    • Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.
    Synonyms
    memorial
    1. 1.1 (in Brittany) a circle of standing stones.
      (布列塔尼的)石圈

Origin

Welsh, from crom, feminine of crwm ‘arched’ + llech ‘flat stone’; cromlech (sense 2 of the noun) is via French from Breton krommlec'h.

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