| 单词 | standing stone |
| 例句 | She took several hurried steps backward, until her body found the standing stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They saw a circle of standing stones that Illyrio claimed had been raised by giants, and later a deep lake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I am standing stone still, riveted to this day. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The standing stone was cold, and it cast a long pale shadow that stretched eastward over them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Dividing the upland into two there marched a double line of unshaped standing stones that dwindled into the dusk and vanished in the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Luna did not intend to make her way toward the standing stone in the tall grasses. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Their last meal had been lunch beside the standing stone the day before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I need you to be my standing stone, to be my strength this day.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The dark patches grew darker, but they shrank; and suddenly he saw, towering ominous before him and leaning slightly towards one another like the pillars of a headless door, two huge standing stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then Ben was no longer there, and there was not one standing stone, but many. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’s working on that — trying to figure out a way to get back to the standing stone and rub against it to try to initiate a return trip. ‘Outlander’ and ‘The Knick’: Once more, time is of the essence The standing stones are aligned in such a way that they perfectly frame the sunrise at midsummer and sunset at midwinter, contributing to the site’s mystique. Road blighting Stonehenge to be buried in solstice-compliant plan 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Return along the animal tracks of the south coast, where two standing stones precede the remains of a cross, dun and chapel. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Stonehenge’s familiar ring of vertical standing stones are made of sarsen — a local sandstone weighing roughly 25 tons each. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z His images – of miners as monumental as standing stones, of masked dancers in a doorway that seems to echo the shape of Zapata's moustache – show another world, almost inconceivably remote. Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-40 – review 2013-07-06T23:05:35Z In the last episode before the hiatus, Claire broke away from the camp to search for the standing stones that precipitated her time-traveling. “Outlander” stars on spanking, TV sex and the female gaze: “Women have been starved for quite a while” 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The world famous Calanais standing stones are older than Stonehenge and much more sculptural and beautiful. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z A five-minute walk away from Kenmare’s Main Square, a somber mound features a large Bronze Age stone circle: 15 huge, standing stones surround a flat-topped boulder dolmen, marking an ancient seat of Celtic power. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z His paintings of rural Britain’s standing stones, lonely copses and grassed-over forts are full of eerie surrealist expanses, jarring juxtapositions and semi-abstract forms. Paul Nash, Anne Hardy, Tino Sehgal: the week's art shows in pictures 2013-04-12T12:00:00Z In this part of England our forefathers the giants left their earthworks, their barrows and standing stones ... 'Bring Up the Bodies' a wonderful, terrible sequel to 'Wolf Hall' 2012-05-04T03:31:52Z Returning home at the end of this glorious day the hunter becomes lost, and as night falls he passes through a landscape of endless fields, standing stones and terrifying gulfs. A brief survey of the short story part 50: Ivan Turgenev 2013-06-21T13:42:13Z For centuries it hid and protected the Calanais standing stones before they were excavated in the 19th century. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z It was originally a simple earth enclosure used for cremations, with the ring of standing stones added around 2500BC. 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z "There are no other later prehistoric standing stones within this part of Wales that are cup marked, making this one rather unique." Bronze Age rock art found in beacons 2014-03-06T08:19:56Z The standing stones are aligned in such a way that they perfectly frame the sunrise at midsummer and sunset at midwinter, contributing to the site’s mystique. Road blighting Stonehenge to be buried in solstice-compliant plan 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The road to west Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, starting with the A858 in Carloway and passing near the standing stones at Calanais, is probably the longest dead-end in Britain. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Being that there’s no scientific explanation for how she, Brianna and Roger were transported through time by touching the ancient standing stones at Craigh na Dun in Scotland, why stop there? Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Like the woman’s increasingly upsetting visions, these time warps seem related to the eerie, vaguely human-shaped standing stone that looms over the island, a memorial to a past seafaring tragedy. ‘Enys Men’ Review: Island of the Lost 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The sun rose at the site of the famed standing stones in the southwest English county of Wiltshire at 1:09 p.m. Thousands gather at Stonehenge for winter solstice 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z There are ring forts, standing stones, burial mounds and remnants of “British imperialism” – Martello towers, barracks and a fortification with two six-inch guns. Beara of glad tidings: south-west Ireland’s other great peninsula 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z A suspected arson attack on a standing stone thought to be thousands of years old has horrified experts. Cornwall standing stone Men Scryfa set alight 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z What remains of the Guadalperal complex is a ring of quartzite, 117 feet in diameter, surrounding 144 jagged granite standing stones, many of which are no longer standing. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The approximately 100 standing stones, up to 1.8 meters tall and arranged around an oval open space, were submerged in the Valdecañas reservoir after the construction of a dam on the Tagus River in 1963. News at a glance: New gene therapy, Europe’s drought, and a black hole’s photon ring 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Within the shrine were two carved standing stones bearing humanlike figures, one accompanied by a representation of the “desert kite,” as well as an altar, hearth, marine shells and miniature model of the gazelle trap. 9,000-year-old shrine discovered in Jordanian desert 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Within the shrine were two carved standing stones bearing anthropomorphic figures, one accompanied by a representation of the “desert kite,” as well as an altar, hearth, marine shells and miniature model of the gazelle trap. Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordan desert 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The only things that haven’t changed are the high-tension power lines that still dot the landscape, like steel standing stones from an ancient henge. Perspective | A new film celebrates the Pits, the teenage Eden before Kingstowne, Va., was built 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Among Britain’s most recognisable and mysterious landmarks, the standing stones at Stonehenge draw tourists from around the world and people searching for spiritual connections with the past. Second time lucky? Stonehenge first erected in Wales, archaeologists say 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The tradition of carving stones dates back to pre-Roman times, and indeed at Llanfaelog on Anglesey there is an ancient standing stone with a Latin inscription added in the 6th Century. What do Wales' medieval carved stones symbolise? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Among Britain’s most recognisable landmarks, the standing stones at Stonehenge draw tourists from around the world as well as people searching for spiritual connections with the past. 'Astonishing' giant circle of pits found near Stonehenge It is based on archaeological evidence of mead production gathered from the Machrie Moor standing stone site on the Isle of Arran. Return of the drink loved by Vikings and Celts 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It consists of a circular bank with several small limestone standing stones on top. Bronze Age monument discovered in forest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Graffiti was scratched into one of the ring's 27 standing stones sometime between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Site of 'priceless artefacts' vandalised 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Dr. Schulz Paulsson said that the earliest standing stones in Brittany were some of the largest. Ancient European Stone Monuments Said to Originate in Northwest France 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z He and his colleagues suspected that the exposed megalith might be more than it appeared, because some partly exposed features in the existing archaeological site didn’t quite match the standing stones. Long-Hidden "Pyramid" Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Almost immediately after the show debuted, fans began flocking to the Highlands in search of the show’s castles and standing stones; a cottage industry of location tours continues to thrive. 'Outlander' discovers a New World — in its old one — for Season 4 - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Turner's image depicts standing stones illuminated by moonlight, while auroras beyond the mountains gives the appearance that the hills are emitting an ethereal green glow. The year's best astronomy photos 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Intriguingly, these pits may once have held standing stones, as well as the human remains. Stonehenge cremations shed light on where mysterious monument builders came from 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Thousands of years ago, megaliths began to appear in Europe — standing stones, dolmens, stone circles. Ancient European Stone Monuments Said to Originate in Northwest France 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The very orientation of the prehistoric Stonehenge standing stones in the UK is along a solstice axis, with a sightline pointing to the December solstice sunset. Why do we celebrate the solstice? 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The early medieval period carved standing stone is more than 20ft tall. Damage of £10,000 at medieval Sueno's Stone in Forres - BBC News 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But though it ultimately feels wanting, “Sunset Song” offers rural tableaux of exquisite intensity: a glass-smooth lake, an ancient circle of standing stones, a deathbed scene that recalls Edvard Munch. 'Sunset Song' is an evocative look at female life on the Scottish frontier 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In September, they announced a surprising claim: Buried in the banks of Durrington Walls are about 90 standing stones, some up to 15 feet tall. Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z A loud explosion heard across Palmyra on Sunday damaged the best-preserved structure of the temple, a mostly standing stone building that included the altar, according to Khaled al-Homsi, an activist who recently fled to Turkey. ISIS Militants Severely Damage Temple of Baal in Palmyra 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The 17 standing stones look part of the Glasgow landscape The 17 standing stones now look very much part of the Glasgow landscape - some daubed in graffiti. Stone circle under threat from planners 2013-09-21T23:06:03Z As the sun finally sets towards midnight on the summer solstice, the standing stones of Callanish echo to a strange rasping sound: the repetitive, two-note call of the corncrake. The corncrake's midsummer comeback 2013-06-20T23:50:56Z There are hills, woodlands, beaches, as well as signs of human inhabitations – standing stones, a small wooden hut. Proteus – review 2013-02-04T15:34:00Z There's a memorial standing stone in the Cathedral and money raised after the tragedy went to build a sports and community centre where commemorative snowdrops are etched into the windows. Dunblane's lessons for Connecticut 2012-12-15T10:25:14Z "It's a hugely important part of the heritage of the national park landscape and the people of Newport will be pleased to see this iconic standing stone back where it belongs." Bronze Age stone back after crash 2012-12-10T17:58:49Z His biggest victims, in size as well as symbolism, were two standing stone Buddhist statues. Should the Bamiyan Buddhas be rebuilt? 2012-08-12T23:44:54Z The research team is currently investigating more evidence of human behaviour, including possible human burial sites, intriguing standing stones and a mass mammoth grave. North Sea 'Atlantis' uncovered 2012-07-03T10:44:11Z The torch's first port of call on the Isle of Lewis will be the ancient standing stones of Callanish and their surrounding satellites, their circles pre-dating the Olympic rings by nearly 5,000 years. Olympic torch route, day 24: sport is woven into the Isle of Lewis's fabric 2012-06-11T05:00:01Z The capstone was then used as a procession marker standing stone pointing to nearby Bronze Age locations he said. Stone age burial site discovered 2012-05-24T06:22:45Z It may merit notice that no runic stones have been found in Orkney, nor circles of standing stones in Zetland. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z Avebury village stands on the road to Swindon, on the borders of Marlborough Downs, and has been built within a great circle which appears to have been approached by an avenue of standing stones. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Out of the bosoms of cairns and standing stones. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z She also noticed that Gihon was standing stone still holding Thomas up. The Rail: A Healer's Horse Repays the Favor 2011-05-07T12:20:23Z It is formed of standing stones, covered with lichen and crumbling under the storms of centuries, and the vestibule, so to speak, is a semi-circle some twenty feet in diameter opening toward the east. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The pots were found at the foot of a standing stone which had fallen over Two Bronze Age burial pots containing human remains have been found at the base of a standing stone in Angus. Remains found in Bronze Age pots 2011-03-09T15:47:59Z Among its objections was that some of the 145 metre tall turbines would be visible from the Calanais standing stones. 2010-01-14T13:39:00Z The antiquities comprise monoliths, circles of standing stones, crannogs and cairns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The circles are the standing stones, fosses, and ramparts which often surrounded it; and the line or duct drawn from the centre outwards represents the subterranean approach to the sepulchre. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Among objects of interest are relics of Danish forts, standing stones, cairns, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli This goes some way to proving that Carlinwell Stone is a genuine prehistoric standing stone, rather than something put up later. Remains found in Bronze Age pots 2011-03-09T15:47:59Z A dark low building whizzed by, and then a gaunt eerie-looking standing stone, and then came a dip and beyond it a little rise in the ground. The Spy in Black The most remarkable consist of long avenues of menhirs or standing stones; but there is also a profusion of other erections, such as dolmens and barrows, throughout the whole district. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Outside it there runs a wide circle of standing stones originally, it would seem, thirty-five in number. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The spirit told him of a great battle which would be fought in Kintyre, and that the magpie would drink human blood from off a standing stone erected near Campbeltown. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides Both islands contain a number of ecclesiastical remains, standing stones, and some beautiful sculptured crosses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" My report would be—no connection between standing stones and sepulture. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Only the stones of the terrace endure; nor can any ruin, cairn, or standing stone, or vitrified fort present a more stern appearance of antiquity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Camaret, on the coast of Finist�re, is the site of no less than forty-one standing stones of quartz, which outline a rectangular space 600 yards in length at its base. Legends & Romances of Brittany On the far side the ground swelled into a bare heath, black with junipers, and spotted with the presence of the standing stones for which the place was famous. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI When the barrow was a stone structure, the enclosure was usually a circle of standing stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" In Samoa, whither I return for good, I shall myself make inquiries; up to now, I have neither seen nor heard of any standing stones in that group.—Yours, The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) The Crow flew to a standing stone and went on speaking plain words to him. The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Childless people often pay a visit to some standing stone in their neighbourhood in the hope that they may thereby be blessed with offspring. Legends & Romances of Brittany This the old nurse soon found; for she went back to the three standing stones, and looked and saw nothing, only grass and daisies. The Gold Of Fairnilee In later times the mound itself was frequently dispensed with, and the interments made within the enclosure of a trench, a vallum or a circle of standing stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" In the remote island of North Ronaldshay is another standing stone, perforated by a hole, but there is no superstition of this nature attached to it. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Circles of standing stones, as at Stemster Loch and Bower, and the ruins of Roman Catholic chapels and places of pilgrimage in almost every district, illustrate the changes which have come over its ecclesiastical condition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" For men of consequence a mound should be raised to their memory, and for all other warriors who had been 236 distinguished for manhood, a standing stone; which custom remained long after Odin’s time. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda The saint, seeing a man hard pressed by his enemies, bade him take up his position beside a standing stone; he then transformed the victim into the stone, and the stone into the victim. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Around its base are the remains of a circle of large standing stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" There are found in these islands the two circles of stones at Stenness, and single standing stones. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. But, let us walk on, or my father will take us for some of the standing stones of the moor. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Many such standing stones still exist in France, and their number must have been greater in Cæsar's time. The Religion of the Ancient Celts There were two groups of the standing stones, one to the north and the other to the south, and each consisted of a double circle of considerable extent. From John O'Groats to Land's End In sober truth, they are a more shapely form of the standing stone, or menhir, which is raised by semi- civilised peoples in commemoration of their gods or their dead. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt The two returned to the farm, therefore, and I tramped through the storm to the croft of Clouston, past the ghostly standing stones of the Druids, and along the dreary, snow-covered road. The Pilots of Pomona At the foot of the great standing stone Sir Oscar Redmain, as steward or prefect of Bute, took his seat as judge. The Thirsty Sword Callernish, a district in the W. of the island of Lewis, 10 m. from Stornoway; noted for its circles of standing stones, from 10 to 17 ft. in height, the whole in cruciform arrangement. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The circles of standing stones are also devoted to ideal ends. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque My report would be - no connection between standing stones and sepulture. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 As to funeral rites, the earliest age is called the Age of Burning; because all the dead were consumed by fire, and over their ashes were raised standing stones. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway On the far side the ground swelled into a bare heath, black with junipers, and spotted with the presence of the standing stones for which the place was famous. Lay Morals Monoliths, standing stones and ``Druidical'' circles of the pagan period abound, and there are many examples of the sculptured stones of the early Christian epoch. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The standing stones and cromlechs, as we know, are everywhere spread over Ireland, so that it is probable that throughout the whole country one is never out of sight of one of these solemn monuments. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque In Samoa, whither I return for good, I shall myself make inquiries; up to now, I have neither seen nor heard of any standing stones in that group. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 Merlin was supposed to know the past, the present, and the future, and to be able to assume the form of any animal, and even that of a menhir, or huge standing stone. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic But let us walk on, or my father will take us for some of the standing stones of the moor. The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne The King of the Cats put his claws into the crevices of a standing stone and held to it with great tenacity. The King of Ireland's Son A pyramid built of stones without mortar rises up in the districts inhabited by the Touaregs; and quite near to it are four or five tombs surrounded by standing stones. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples We find the "standing stones" of the Celts in Asian Siberia; in the pampas of America. Notre-Dame De Paris Quite recently a very early interment of a corpse, in the curved position, was discovered not far from the standing stone with the inscription. A Collection of Ballads |
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