palimpsest
英 ['pælɪm(p)sest]
美['pælɪmpsɛst]
- n. 重写本
- 写在重写本上的
中文词源
palimpsest 重写羊皮纸
来自希腊语palimpsestos,刮掉， 重写，来自palin,再一次，psen,刮，挠，词源同psoriasis.用于指古希腊时期一种可多次书写的羊皮纸。
英英释意
- 1. a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
英文词源
- palimpsest (n.)
- "parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing," 1660s, from Latin palimpsestus, from Greek palimpsestos "scraped again," from palin "again" (see palindrome) + verbal adjective of psen "to rub smooth" (of uncertain origin).
实用场景例句
- All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.
- 历史变成了一张羊皮纸,可以按照需要擦净重写.
英汉文学
- Some of it is lost, as the DNA palimpsest has been erased and re - written.
- 由于DNA的“原手稿本”已经擦拭并重写, 有些信息便遗失了.
互联网
- All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed as often as was necessary.
- 全部历史都象一张不断刮干净重写的羊皮纸.
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