英语词汇“to add a stone to any one's cairn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. as a memorial of some event, or a sepulchral monument over the grave of some person of distinction (cf. Genesis xxxi. 45, 2 Samuel xviii. 17, etc.). Hence, to add a stone to any one's cairn.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > cairn

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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > cairn

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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 Towardis the middis of that carne on hicht Ane greit lang stone gart set on end vprycht.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 401 A cairne beside a croce.

1772 T. Pennant Voy. Hebrides 209 (Jam.) As long as the memory of the deceased endured, not a passenger went by without adding a stone to the heap..To this moment there is a proverbial expression among the highlanders allusive to the old practice; a suppliant will tell his patron, Curri mi cloch er do charne, I will add a stone to your cairn; meaning, when you are no more I will do all possible honor to your memory.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 424 Kairns, or piles collected for memorials of the dead.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xxix. 87 On many a cairn's gray pyramid, Where urns of mighty chiefs lie hid.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 72 A large Carn of stones..about twenty-five feet high.

1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. vi. 137 We..raised a cairn of stones over his grave.

单词	to add a stone to any one's cairn
释义	> as lemmas to add a stone to any one's cairn a. as a memorial of some event, or a sepulchral monument over the grave of some person of distinction (cf. Genesis xxxi. 45, 2 Samuel xviii. 17, etc.). Hence, to add a stone to any one's cairn. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > cairn cairn1535 stalled cairn1937 society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > cairn cairn1535 warlock1584 montjoy1653 raise1695 pike1751 obo1874 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 Towardis the middis of that carne on hicht Ane greit lang stone gart set on end vprycht. a1600 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 401 A cairne beside a croce. 1772 T. Pennant Voy. Hebrides 209 (Jam.) As long as the memory of the deceased endured, not a passenger went by without adding a stone to the heap..To this moment there is a proverbial expression among the highlanders allusive to the old practice; a suppliant will tell his patron, Curri mi cloch er do charne, I will add a stone to your cairn; meaning, when you are no more I will do all possible honor to your memory. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 424 Kairns, or piles collected for memorials of the dead. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xxix. 87 On many a cairn's gray pyramid, Where urns of mighty chiefs lie hid. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 72 A large Carn of stones..about twenty-five feet high. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. vi. 137 We..raised a cairn of stones over his grave. extracted from cairnn. < as lemmas
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