standing stone
noun[C]
uk/ˈstæn.dɪŋ ˌstəʊn/us/ˈstæn.dɪŋ ˌstoʊn/atallstoneput in averticalpositionbypeopleinprehistorictimes(= theperiodbefore there were writtenrecords):
史前巨石柱Everyone has atheoryabout thesemysterious,giantstandingstones.关于这些神秘的史前巨石柱，每个人都有自己的一套理论。
Synonym
menhir
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- the 5,000-year-oldcircleofstandingstonesat Avebury in Wiltshire,England
- Five-thousand-year-oldmegalithictombsandstandingstoneslitterthelandscape.
- Theearliestsettlersleftbehind them aremarkablearrayofmonuments:standingstones,burialchambers,villages.
- EnglishHeritagecaresfor over 350ancientmonumentsfrom thesmalleststandingstonesto thelargestfortresses.
Prehistory
- anatosaurus
- apatosaurus
- Australopithecus
- brachiosaurus
- broch
- henge
- Holocene
- ice age
- ichthyosaur
- iguanodon
- paleo
- Permian
- pictograph
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- stegosaurus
- stone circle
- stone-age
- T-Rex
- theropod