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A dolmen is a very old stone structure: two or more big stones standing up, with one huge flat stone laid across the top, like a table of rock. People built them in ancient times, often as tombs. You may see them in pictures of old Europe; similar stone graves exist in other places too. It is not a pyramid, and it is not one single standing stone. The whole point is that table-like shape. The word belongs to history and archaeology — you will not hear it in everyday chat.
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組成English borrowed this from French dolmen. One idea is that French built it from Breton words for 'table' + 'stone', though that mix may have been put together wrongly. Another idea is Cornish 'hole' + 'stone'. Scholars do not all agree, so treat the story as 'perhaps', not as a neat fact.
同家族的字
- menhirboth names draw on Celtic words for stone; a menhir is one tall stone standing alone, not a stone table
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dolmennoun/ˈdəʊ̯l.mən/
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historicalA prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
- They are expert smiths and coiners; they are said to have great treasures in the dolmen in which they dwell, and of which they are regarded as the builders.
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Any megalithic tomb, including passage graves and wedge tombs.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。