menhir
英 ['menhɪə]
美['mɛnhɪr]
- n. 屹立之史前时期纪念巨碑；竖石纪念碑
英英释义
- 1. a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
英文词源
- 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.