单词 | henge |
释义 | henge /henj/, n. Archaeol. a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes. [1730-40; back formation from STONEHENGE, ME Stanenges, Stanheng, equiv. to stan STONE + -heng, prob. orig. "something hanging"; cf. HINGE] |
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