| 词汇 | palimpsest |
| 类别 | 英译汉、汉译英、英汉互译翻译词典 |
| 释义 | palimpsest['pælimpsest]n. 重写本, 覆画 palimpsest pal.imp.sest AHD: [p²l“¹mp-sµst”] D.J. [6p#l!mp7sest]K.K. [6p#l!mp7sWst]n.（名词）1. A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.重写本：尤指纸莎草纸或羊皮纸的底稿，已被写了不止一次，以前写的东西已被不完全擦掉，通常是清晰易读的2. An object, a place, or an area that reflects its history:反映历史的物体、地方或地区：“Spaniards in the sixteenth century . . . saw an ocean moving south . . . through a palimpsest of bayous and distributary streams in forested paludal basins”(&b{John McPhee})“16世纪的西班牙人…通过森林里的沼泽盆地的河口和支流小溪的沉淀层…看到海洋向南移动”(约翰·麦克菲)语源:1. Latin palimps¶stum 拉丁语 palimps¶stum 2. from Greek palimps¶ston [neuter of] palimps¶stos [scraped again] 源自 希腊语 palimps¶ston [] palimps¶stos的中性 [再擦] 3. palin [again] * see k wel- 1palin [又] *参见 k wel- 14. ps¶n [to scrape] ps¶n [摩擦] |
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