Stonehenge

(英国 Salisbury 平原上的)史前巨石柱

发音

UK /stəʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/
其它
US /stoʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/

别名

Stonage

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).

    巨石阵

  2. 2.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A rural municipality in south Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge No. 73.

  3. 3.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.

  4. 4.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A locality in Australia:

    A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

  5. 5.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A locality in Australia:

    A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.

  6. 6.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A locality in Australia:

    A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania.

  7. 7.

    A number of localities elsewhere:

    A locality in Australia:

    An outback town in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland.

词源

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia The failure of /ɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

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