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).

双语例句


1. 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.

来自英汉文学

2. 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.

来自互联网

3. 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.

来自互联网

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