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词汇 palimpsest
释义 pal·imp·sest AHD[pălʹĭmp-sĕst'] D.J.[ˈpælɪmpˌsest]K.K.[ˈpælɪmpˌsɛst]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
    1. 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"(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)
Etymology语源
    1. Latin palimpsēstum 拉丁语 palimpsēstum
    1. from Greek palimpsēston [neuter of] palimpsēstos [scraped again] 源自 希腊语 palimpsēston palimpsēstos的中性 [再擦]
    1. palin [again] * see k wel- 1palin [又] * 参见 k wel- 1
    1. psēn [to scrape] psēn [摩擦]
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