"megalith" in Chinese (Traditional)
巨石
Definition
巨石是指古代用來建造建築物或紀念碑的巨大石頭,常用於宗教或典禮目的。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「巨石」大多用於考古或歷史語境,常見詞語有「巨石結構」、「巨石遺跡」,僅指古人使用的大石頭,不是任何巨大的石頭都叫巨石。
Examples
Stonehenge is a famous megalith in England.
巨石陣是英國著名的**巨石**。
People built megaliths thousands of years ago.
人們在幾千年前建造了**巨石**。
A megalith can weigh many tons.
一個**巨石**可以重達許多噸。
Nobody knows exactly why these megaliths were arranged in circles.
沒有人確切知道這些**巨石**為什麼要被排成圓圈。
They say lifting a single megalith took hundreds of people working together.
據說,搬動一塊**巨石**需要好幾百人合作。
When I visited Brittany, I saw a whole field full of megaliths.
我參觀布列塔尼時,看到整片田野裡都是**巨石**。