palimpsest
英 ['pælɪm(p)sest]
美 ['pælɪmpsɛst]
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。
- 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).
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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