| 单词 | indian mound |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian mound Indian mound n. a mound or earthwork erected by prehistoric American Indians as a burial place, fortification, altar, etc.; cf. mound n.2 4a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > mound or dome mind hilla1425 mound1775 Indian mound1791 tope1815 tell1840 stupa1841 ruin-mound1911 ahu1917 ishan1921 pillow mound1928 1791 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1794) 1st Ser. III. 24 There is an Indian mound, the base of which is about three hundred paces round, and rises in a conic form about one hundred feet. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. xiv. 433 The reasoning, however, is equally fallacious which assumes..that therefore the Cholula pyramid is a mere Indian mound. 1949 Illinois State Archaeol. Soc. Jrnl. Jan. 7/2 When the term, ‘Indian Mound’, is mentioned, one naturally thinks of a large ceremonial Mound which covers one to three acres of ground and is perhaps five or ten or even 20 feet in height. 2006 L. H. McMillin Buried Indians iii. xvi. 220 Indian mounds suddenly became for him something more than heaps of dirt; for Harold, they became analogous to the graves of loved ones, not to be disturbed. < as lemmas |
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