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单词 abri
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Definition of abri in English:

abri

noun əˈbriː
  • 1A shelter, a refuge.

  • 2Archaeology. A hollow beneath overhanging rock; a rock shelter.

Origin

Mid 18th century. From French abri shelter, refuge (12th cent. in Old French; 1866 or earlier in specific archaeological use with reference to rock shelters, more fully abri sous roche, lit. ‘shelter beneath a rock’, also abri sous roches) from abrier to shelter, to protect from post-classical Latin apricare to warm, protect from cold, variant (with change of conjugation) of classical Latin aprīcārī.

 
 

Definition of abri in US English:

abri

nounəˈbriː
  • 1A shelter, a refuge.

  • 2Archaeology. A hollow beneath overhanging rock; a rock shelter.

Origin

Mid 18th century. From French abri shelter, refuge (12th cent. in Old French; 1866 or earlier in specific archaeological use with reference to rock shelters, more fully abri sous roche, lit. ‘shelter beneath a rock’, also abri sous roches) from abrier to shelter, to protect from post-classical Latin apricare to warm, protect from cold, variant (with change of conjugation) of classical Latin aprīcārī.

 
 
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