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hieroglyphics

US // (ˌhaɪərəˈɡlɪfɪks) //

象形文字,象形文字学,象形字,象形图

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    • : a form of writing, esp as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds
    • : difficult or undecipherable writing

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Examples

  • The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics.

  • Hieroglyphics of thought were there, too mysterious for the common eye to interpret.

  • We do not propose that he shall decipher the hieroglyphics of algebra and geometry.

  • The Japanese cannot pocket it any more than he can thrill to short Saxon words or we can thrill to Chinese hieroglyphics.

  • Some of them, Mr. Davies thinks, were impressed with rude hieroglyphics, symbolical of Ceridiven.