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石锛

English translation: stone adz

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Chinese term or phrase:石锛
English translation:stone adz
Entered by: Wilman

02:08 Dec 18, 2004
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
Chinese term or phrase: 石锛
This is one of the 磨制石器. Thanks.
Wilman
United States
Local time: 17:51
stone adz
Explanation:
stone adz
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Jianming Sun
Local time: 05:51
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Thank you all.
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5 +3stone adz
Jianming Sun
3stone adze
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
stone adz


Explanation:
stone adz

Jianming Sun
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shang
1 hr
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agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
8 hrs
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agree  English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
1 day 56 mins
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
石锛
stone adze


Explanation:
欢迎进入中国临海! - [ Translate this page ]
... <>石锛、石凿、石斧、石矛、石犁壁（自左至右）先后发现于杜桥西外里坑、河头下湾、
城南小溪与城关巾山。 <>Stone Adze,Stone Chisel,Stone Axe,Stone Spear and Stone
Libi(from left to right)<> Excavated successively in Wailikeng of Duqiaoxi,Xiawan ...
www.linhai.gov.cn/CN/whly/view1.asp?ItemID=15&ID=5 - 45k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

[DOC] 汉语南方方言的特征及其人文背景
File Format: Microsoft Word 97 - View as HTML
... 第一个特征是有段石锛（stepped adze），林惠祥（1958）对它的分类、
分布及其人类学的内涵作过非常详细的考证和论述。一般的石锛分布很广，但是
有段石锛的形制比较特殊，上端呈脊状或阶状，用以扎绳固定手柄 ...
ling.ccnu.edu.cn/message/yyxlwx/pwy_Suthdialect.doc - Similar pages

adze (US usually adz) = a tool like an axe with the blade at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the handle, which is used for cutting and shaping wood


    Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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