cist

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. historical
  2. A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
    — A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.

词形变化

cists plural cists plural kist alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.
词源 2
Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.
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