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menhir是什么意思

menhir

英 ['menhɪə] 美 ['mɛnhɪr]
  • n. 屹立之史前时期纪念巨碑;竖石纪念碑

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menhir
menhir: see dolmen
menhir (n.)
"upright monumental stone," 1834, literally "long stone," from French menhir (19c.), from Breton men "stone" + hir "long," from PIE *se-ro-, from root *se- "long, late" (see soiree). Cognate with Welsh maen hir, Cornish medn hir.

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