Denoting marks cut in megalithic monuments consisting of a circular depression surrounded by concentric rings.
杯与环的(指刻在巨石纪念碑上的一种图案,由一四周为同心环的圆形凹陷组成)
Example sentencesExamples
There are at least nine cup-and-ring motifs with a rough-pecked circular outline and a cupule as the central point.
She found it was known nationally as a site where there were once ancient cup-and-ring stones and was home to a Bronze Age burial mound.
What, really, is so brilliant about their white-elephant buildings and endless statues, compared to a leaf-shaped arrowhead or a cup-and-ring marked stone?
Lichen growths also have the further advantage of matching quite well the typical scale of cup-and-ring art.
I should note that I do not support the idea that cup-and-ring patterns are maps of stellar constellations.
Definition of cup-and-ring in US English:
cup-and-ring
adjectiveˌkəpənˈriNG
Denoting marks cut in megalithic monuments consisting of a circular depression surrounded by concentric rings.
杯与环的(指刻在巨石纪念碑上的一种图案,由一四周为同心环的圆形凹陷组成)
Example sentencesExamples
Lichen growths also have the further advantage of matching quite well the typical scale of cup-and-ring art.
What, really, is so brilliant about their white-elephant buildings and endless statues, compared to a leaf-shaped arrowhead or a cup-and-ring marked stone?
She found it was known nationally as a site where there were once ancient cup-and-ring stones and was home to a Bronze Age burial mound.
I should note that I do not support the idea that cup-and-ring patterns are maps of stellar constellations.
There are at least nine cup-and-ring motifs with a rough-pecked circular outline and a cupule as the central point.