解释
- n. 界石;界碑
※ 提供单词"merestone"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
merestone 界碑,界石
mere-,墙,词源同mural,intramural,stone,石头。即当做墙的石头,引申词义界碑,界石。
英文词源
- merestone (n.)
- "stone serving as a landmark," Old English mærstan "boundary stone," from mære "boundary, object indicating a boundary," from Proto-Germanic *mairjo- (cognates: Middle Dutch mere "boundary mark, stake," Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land"), related to Latin murus "wall" (see mural). Hence also meresman "man appointed to find boundaries" (of a parish, etc.).