| 单词 | ruin-mound |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruin-mound ruin-mound n. = tell n.2 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 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 741/2 There are in Irak hundreds of ruin mounds, some of them of considerable size, covering ancient Babylonian cities. 1939 P. Carleton Buried Empires i. 23 Attracted by the numerous tells, or ruin-mounds, in his district, he set workmen to dig. 2000 Yoga May 10/1 The 6 inch steatite sculpture shown here, known as the ‘priest king’ was discovered in the early 1920s on the banks of the river Indus, at a ruin mound called Mohenjo-daro, in what is now Pakistan. < as lemmas |
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