papyrus 的定义
plural pa·py·ri [puh-pahy-rahy, -ree], /pəˈpaɪ raɪ, -ri/, pa·py·rus·es.
- a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites.
- a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- an ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material.
papyrus 近义词
等同于 paper
等同于 parchment
等同于 scroll
更多papyrus例句
- It subsequently emerged that many other papyrus fragments in the 5000-piece collection were also missing.
- Inside a store room, Ahmed Tarek and Maysa Rabea are placing the jagged pieces of the papyrus together, like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle.
- Among the artifacts discovered were pieces of a 15-foot-long papyrus that included texts of the Book of the Dead, a collection of spells written by priests to help the deceased pass through the underworld and into the afterlife.
- At least in the case of this latest von Scherling papyrus we have some idea where the text is from.
- This past week a new eBay auction announced the sale of “Ancient Egyptian papyrus with Greek letters—Bible.”
- Perfume bottles and weathered papyrus replicas gather dust in the grubby window displays of the empty shops.
- Unfortunately, the papyrus was too fragile to allow for carbon testing of the ink.
- Francis Watson argued that all of the fragmentary sentences preserved on the papyrus are also found in the Gospel of Thomas.
- The Egyptians also made ropes from papyrus and palm fibers, of which specimens still exist.
- Twelve of these ropes were used, about nine inches thick, some of them being made of flax and others of papyrus.
- When some dexterity had been acquired, the pupil was taught to use the reed pen and write with ink upon papyrus.
- This is a most important papyrus for a knowledge of Ancient Egyptian philosophy.
- The Ebers Papyrus shows us that the specialties were by no means scantily developed.