英语单词

cairn是什么意思

cairn

英 [keən] 美 [kɛrn]
  • n. 石冢;堆石界标;石堆纪念碑

中文词源


cairn 堆石堆

词源同horn, 角。

英文词源


cairn (n.)
1530s, from Scottish carne, from Gaelic carn "heap of stones, rocky hill," akin to Gaulish karnon "horn," perhaps from PIE *ker-n- "highest part of the body, horn," thus "tip, peak" (see horn (n.)).

双语例句


1. Most of the New Grange site is an earth - covered cairn.
新格兰奇的大多数遗迹是被泥土覆盖的石堆.

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2. Thousands fellvictimand thirst before the first cairn was found.
成千上万人死了,人们踏着他们的尸骨,才找到第一座用石子堆起的路标.

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3. Shell, Cairn Energy and Tullow Oil gained between 1.04 % - 3.5 % increase.
壳牌 、 英国凯恩能源和塔洛石油获得了1.04%-3.5%之间的涨幅.

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4. Joshua Cairn: Do you ever feel weird about me?
约书亚·凯安: 你从没觉得我很神秘 吗 ?

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5. Joshua Cairn: Do you ever feel weird about me? Your weird son?
约书亚·凯安: 你从没觉得我很神秘 吗 ?你那神秘的儿子?

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