palimpsest

英 ['pælɪmpsest] 美 ['pælɪmpsest]

• n. (原有文字已擦去的)重写本

palimpsest的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

英英释义

Noun:

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

palimpsest的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This book is the most important palimpsest in the world,
   这本书是世界是最重要的重写本。
2. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.
   全部历史都象一张不断刮干净重写的羊皮纸。

名词

词汇搭配

• palimpsest sediment 变质沉积物,变余沉积...
• palimpsest structure 变余构造

经典引文

• All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as often as was necessary.

  出自： G. Orwell