Stonehenge

专有名词
/stəʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/    /stoʊ̯nˈhɛnd͡ʒ/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).
    — The collection of rocks is a national landmark that looks something like a Stonehenge on the prairie.
  2. A number of localities elsewhere:; A rural municipality in south Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge No. 73.
  3. A number of localities elsewhere:; A town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.
  4. A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; An outback town in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland.
  6. A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
  7. A number of localities elsewhere:; A locality in Australia:; A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania.

词形变化

Stonage alternative,obsolete

词源

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The failure of /ɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.
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