英语词汇“cist”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cist

/kɪst/ /sɪst

(also kist)

noun

1 Archaeology An ancient coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.He pointed at long flat slabs resting on stone kists....

Some bodies were laid out straight, some crouched; some in stone cists, others in hollows in the rubble.
Excavations revealed a sarsen stone cist containing a cremation burial accompanied by a bronze awl and a jet pendant.

2A box used in ancient Greece for sacred utensils.

Early 19th century: from Latin cista, from Greek kistē 'box'; sense 1 via Welsh.

单词	cist
释义	cist /kɪst/ /sɪst / (also kist) noun 1 Archaeology An ancient coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.He pointed at long flat slabs resting on stone kists.... Some bodies were laid out straight, some crouched; some in stone cists, others in hollows in the rubble. Excavations revealed a sarsen stone cist containing a cremation burial accompanied by a bronze awl and a jet pendant. 2A box used in ancient Greece for sacred utensils. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin cista, from Greek kistē 'box'; sense 1 via Welsh. Rhymes assist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist, persist, resist, schist, subsist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist
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