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papyrus

/puh-pahy-ruhs/US // pəˈpaɪ rəs //UK // (pəˈpaɪrəs) //

纸莎草,纸莎草纸,纸草,纸币

Related Words

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpaper
Synonyms
card卡,卡片,贺卡,卡卡note备注,注,注意,说明pad垫子,衬垫,垫,垫板poster海报,海报显示,海报内容sheet床单,片材,板材,片状stationery文具,文具用品,文具类,文房四宝letterhead信纸,信笺,信头,抬头纹newsprint新闻纸,新闻用纸,新闻纸张,报纸parchment羊皮纸,羊皮纸纸片,羊皮纸纸面,羊皮纸纸面的rag抹布,褴褛,碎布,破烂tissue组织,纸巾,纸组织,组织的vellum牛皮纸,牛皮紙,牛皮纸上,牛皮纸上的filing card档案卡,档案卡片,档案袋,档案馆note card注释卡,备注卡,附注卡,便条卡note pad便笺,记事本,便签纸,便条纸onion skin洋葱皮,葱皮,葱头皮,洋葱头皮
as inparchment
Synonyms
diploma毕业证书,毕业证,毕业文凭,毕业论文palimpsest重写本,重写本杂志,移花接木,移花接木法paper纸,纸张,纸质,纸业scroll卷轴,书卷,卷卷,卷sheepskin羊皮,羊皮的,羊皮的作用vellum牛皮纸,牛皮紙,牛皮纸上,牛皮纸上的pell贝尔,铃铛,铃兰,铃铃
as inscroll
Synonyms
streamer横幅,流水线,彩带,流线型document文件,文档,文献,证件list列表,列表中,榜单,列表中的parchment羊皮纸,羊皮纸纸片,羊皮纸纸面,羊皮纸纸面的roll滚,卷,滚动,滚滚schedule时间表,时间安排,计划表,日程表scrawl涂鸦,潦潦草草,潦草,潦草的volute涡流,涡旋,漩涡,涡卷writing写作,书写,撰写,写字

Examples

  • 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.

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