單詞
sarsen
['sɑrs?n]
基本信息
- n. [地質(zhì)] 砂巖漂礫；砂巖殘塊
- n. (Sarsen)人名；(俄)薩爾森
英文詞源
- sarsen
- sarsen: see saracen
- sarsen (n.)
- "large sandstone boulder," 1640s, properly sarsen stone, i.e. "Saracen stone," from Saracen in the old sense of "pagan, heathen." The same word was applied to the ancient leavings outside Cornish tin mines, also known as Jews' pits, those being the terms that came to mind once to describe any ancient features, based on the Bible.