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单词 abri
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abrin.

Brit. /əˈbriː/, U.S. /əˈbri/
Inflections: Plural abris, (rare) unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French abri.
Etymology: < French abri shelter, refuge (12th cent. in Old French; 1866 or earlier in specific archaeological use with reference to rock shelters, more fully abri sous roche , literally ‘shelter beneath a rock’ (1866 or earlier), also abri sous roches (1870 or earlier: see quot. 1870 at sense 2)) < abrier to shelter, to protect (11th cent. in a gloss in Rashi; now rare) < post-classical Latin apricare to warm, protect from cold (5th cent. in Palladius), variant (with change of conjugation) of classical Latin aprīcārī apricate v.
1. A shelter, a refuge.Found chiefly in French and French-speaking contexts.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter
burrow1577
sheltera1616
shed1616
abri1761
awning1826
1761 C. Jenkinson Let. 8 Aug. in W. J. Smith Grenville Papers (1852) I. 385 The French will never consent to any terms of peace in which an abri for their fisheries is not included.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Abri, shelter, cover.
1871 W. P. Fetridge Rise & Fall Paris Commune 232 In this short space of time 150,000 cubic feet of earth had been moved, the powder magazines, the abri, and the covered communications constructed.
1909 E. Peixotto Through French Provinces 68 You would note..the abris where the guns take cover during the shoot, when the ‘beaters’ drive up the game.
1915 Frederick (Maryland) Post 19 Oct. 4/3 The abris, or small shelter caves, hollowed under the sides and below the floor of the trench, have been cleared out and disinfected.
1988 Mil. Affairs 52 74/1 A large infantry shelter known as an abri was a notable feature in some areas [of the Maginot Line].
2001 Lit. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Sept. Look! Look there. A hunter's abri.
2. Archaeology. A hollow beneath overhanging rock; a rock shelter.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling
earth houseeOE
cavec1220
bikea1522
mattamore1695
subterranean1714
subterrane1759
yurt1780
weem1792
subterrene1793
ice cave1810
gibber-gunyah1847
dugout1855
fogou1864
abri1887
pit house1907
1870 Sci. Opinion 9 Mar. 247/1 The abris sous roches of the people of the reindeer period.]
1887 T. M. Hughes in Trans. Vict. Inst. 21 91 The most interesting caves..are only rock-shelters—abris—such as are seen in the Dordogne district.
1931 Antiquity 5 428 They [sc. human teeth] have been found in one of the abri in France.
1949 K. P. Oakley Man the Tool-maker vi. 38 (caption) Diagrammatic section of ideal rock-shelter (shallow cave or abri).
1998 J. Cope Mod. Antiquarian 23/2 They were most likely inspired by cave dwellings, or rock shelters known as abris.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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