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Papyrus

[pə'paɪrəs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a document written on papyrus.

(noun.) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.

(noun.) paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans.

錄入:特丽萨--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.

(n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.

(n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

錄入:特德

解釋/意思:

n. an Egyptian sedge now scarcely found there from the inner pith (byblos) of which the ancients made their paper: a manuscript on papyrus:—pl. Papy′rī.—adjs. Papyrā′ceous Pap′yral Papyr′ēan Pap′yrine pertaining to the papyrus or to papyri: like paper in appearance and consistency; Papyrit′ious resembling paper as the nests of certain wasps.—n. Papyrograph (pā-pī′rō-graf) a hectograph or apparatus for producing copies of a written or printed document.—v.t. to produce by means of such.—adj. Pāpyrograph′ic.—n. Papyrog′raphy.

編輯:梅尔维尔

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