| 单词 | navel-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnavel-stone navel-stone n. a stone that marks the centre of the world or of a geographical area (cf. omphalos n. 2a); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > stone marking the centre navel-stone1850 society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > boundary stone merestoneOE border-stone1850 navel-stone1850 1850 J. S. Blackie Eumenides 193 The Earth's navel-stone So holy reputed, All gouted with blood, With fresh murder polluted, Behold, O behold! 1917 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IX. 492/2 Zeus, wishing to ascertain the exact centre of the earth, sent forth two eagles to fly simultaneously... They met at Delphi, and there in Apollo's temple was set up in commemoration the holy Navel-stone..to mark earth's central point. 1959 Mod. Lang. Notes 74 64 The return from the oracle is the navel stone of the play. 1986 A. V. Garvie in Aeschylus Choephori 340 The shrine where stands the navel-stone at the centre of the earth. < as lemmas |
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