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。
石冢;堆石界标
cairns — plural of cairn
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
石冢;堆石界标
a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
They placed a cairn of stones to mark the grave.
他们堆了一个石冢来标记坟墓。
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。
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
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。
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.
凯恩梗犬。
A cairn terrier.
We followed the cairn up the mountain to stay on the trail.
我们沿着石堆标记爬上山,以免偏离小径。
The hikers built a small cairn to mark the spot where they turned back.
徒步者们堆了一个小石堆,标记他们折返的地点。
A tall cairn on the cliff warned sailors of the dangerous rocks below.
悬崖上高大的石冢警告水手下方有危险的礁石。
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。
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。
在此义中,cairn 用作定语修饰 terrier,指苏格兰的一种硬毛梗犬。
A cairn terrier is a small dog from Scotland.
凯恩梗是一种来自苏格兰的小型犬。
Not this
There are several cairn along the trail.
Use this
There are several cairns along the trail.
cairn 是可数名词,复数形式为 cairns。中文没有复数标记,所以容易漏掉 -s;在 several、many 等表示复数概念的词语后必须用复数形式。
Not this
They left cairn to show the way.
Use this
They left a cairn to show the way.
cairn 是单数可数名词,单独作宾语时需要加不定冠词 a/an。中文没有冠词系统,学习者容易遗漏,因此此处需要 a。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
纪念石冢
They placed flowers on the memorial cairn for the lost climbers.
他们在纪念遇难登山者的石冢前放了鲜花。
Use cairns naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.