Word · Frequency #16517
cairns
石冢;堆石界标
cairns is the plural of cairn.
a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
- 1.
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
不列颠群岛早期居民堆砌的圆形或锥形石堆,用作墓地标志。
- 2.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
石堆,作为地标,用于在陆地或海上为旅行者指路,或引起注意,如测量中或探险队留下踪迹等。
- 3.
A cairn terrier.
凯恩梗犬。
凯恩梗;不列颠群岛早期居民堆砌的圆形或锥形石堆,用作墓地标志。;石堆,作为地标,用于在陆地或海上为旅行者指路,或引起注意,如测量中或探险队留下踪迹等。;凯恩梗犬。;石堆纪念碑
In use
We followed the cairn up the mountain to stay on the trail.
The hikers built a small cairn to mark the spot where they turned back.
A tall cairn on the cliff warned sailors of the dangerous rocks below.
a cairn of [stones]
cairn 指人工堆起的石堆,用作纪念碑或路标。
They placed a cairn of stones to mark the grave.
他们堆了一个石冢来标记坟墓。
a cairn marking [place]
cairns 常用复数,指沿途的一系列路标石堆。
The cairns marking the mountain path are easy to spot.
标示山路的石堆很容易看到。
cairn terrier
在此义中,cairn 用作定语修饰 terrier,指苏格兰的一种硬毛梗犬。
Connections
Collocations
- stone cairn
- 石堆路标;堆石纪念碑
- Hikers use a stone cairn to mark the turn on the mountain path.徒步者用石堆路标标出山间小路的转弯处。
- burial cairn
- 墓葬石冢;坟冢
- The burial cairn on the hill dates back to the Bronze Age.山丘上的墓葬石冢可以追溯到青铜时代。
- trail cairn
- 小径堆石标记;路标石堆
- Follow the trail cairns when the path disappears under snow.当小路被雪盖住时,跟着小径上的堆石标记走。
- summit cairn
- 山顶石冢(登顶堆石标志)
- We added a stone to the summit cairn before taking a photo.我们在拍照前往山顶石冢上加了一块石头。
- cairn terrier
- 凯恩梗(苏格兰犬种)
- A cairn terrier ran across the yard, barking at the mailman.一只凯恩梗跑过院子,对邮差吠叫。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把cairn联想成care(小心)加n:登山途中小心留意石堆,cairn就是堆石界标或石冢。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:hiking trails、memorial sites、dog breed discussions 该词两个义项通常都属中性语域;石堆/界标义多用于徒步、山区或纪念性场合,犬种义则比较常见于宠物或犬类展览语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 cairn 押韵的是 bairn(/bɛən/),二者均以 -airn 结尾,且重读元音及后续辅音一致。hair /hɛə/、chair /tʃɛə/ 与 cairn 的元音部分相同,但缺少结尾的 n,因此不算完全押韵。注意拼写相近但读音不同的词:learn /lɜːn/(-earn)、barn /bɑːn/(-arn)、chain /tʃeɪn/(-ain),它们都与 cairn 不同韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.