| 单词 | sun circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun circle sun circle n. (a) Archaeology a stone circle or timber circle thought to be connected with sun worship; (b) chiefly Archaeology a circular figure, sometimes with arms or spokes radiating outward from the centre (often forming an equilateral cross), thought to be an ancient symbol for the sun; cf. sun cross n., sun wheel n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > circle > specific hurler1607 pond-barrow1845 sun circle1856 recumbent stone circle1933 1856 Notes & Queries 30 Aug. 179/2 The derivation of Baalbec appears to me to be from the Phœnician Irish Baal-beact, i.e. ‘the sun circle’: as it was no doubt originally one of those vast circular earthen embankments with upright stones and an altar in the centre. 1868 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 23 May 11/1 Primitive sun circles [in Peru], absolutely coinciding with those called Druidical in Northern Europe. 1889 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 13 p. cclxxii The human face, the sun circle, the overshadowing wings, and the intertwined serpent. 1902 A. M. Earle Sun Dials & Roses of Yesterday iii. 81 On old churches mysterious little rayed circles like the face of a sun-dial appear... These are commonly called Saxon dials, and they strongly resemble ‘sun-circles’ found on pre-historic remains. 1946 S. Lockwood & L. Lockwood tr. R. Steiner Anthroposophy & Human Gemüt iii. 42 On the mountain we had climbed we found a large sun-circle and nearby a smaller one. 1994 Gateway Heritage (Missouri Hist. Soc.) Summer 36/1 At Fountain Bluff two petroglyph enthusiasts have reported the presence of large cross-in-a-circle sun circles, thunderbirds or birdmen, weeping eyes,..and other designs. 2013 E. E. Bowne Mound Sites of Anc. South iv. 170 During the first century of Mississippian occupation of the site, the plaza included not only a large pole, but also a circle of smaller posts.., which has been compared with the so-called sun circles of Cahokia. < as lemmas |
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