hunger stone

名词 n.
英 /ˈhʌŋɡə ˌstəʊn/    美 /ˈhʌŋɡɚ ˌstoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the water reaches that low level again. Such stones are common in Central Europe.
    — If there were a "hunger stone" in the Fox river like the one in the Elbe, it would now be showing its unwelcome face above the waters—which is equivalent to saying that the water level, and power correspondingly, is very low indeed.

词形变化

hunger stones plural

词源

Calque of German Hungerstein, from Hunger (“hunger”) + Stein (“rock, stone”).
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