中英互译
papyrus
英 /pəˈpaɪrəs/美 /pəˈpaɪrəs/
基本释义
- n.纸莎草；纸莎草纸
复数papyri或papyruses
双语例句
- This was extremely fortunate, since later on, the original papyrus scrolls disappeared.这简直是非常幸运，因为后来，这一原始的纸莎草卷轴丢失了。
- A depiction of the rising sun. Papyrus of Nodjmet, c. 1050 BC.对旭日东升的描绘，来自于Nodjmet的纸莎草纸，约公元前1050年。
- The papyrus was already beginning to crumble, so he did not dare touch it by hand.这些纸草已经开始碎裂，所以他不敢用手去碰它们。
网络短语
- Cyperus papyrus纸莎草
- Rhind Mathematical Papyrus莱因德数学纸草书；兰德数学纸草书
- Papyrus white草纸白；厕纸白
- Rhind papyrus林德手卷；莱因德纸草书；兰德纸草书；莱茵德纸草书
- Moscow Papyrus莫斯科纸草书；莫斯科纸草
词义分布
纸莎草纸
35.3%
纸莎草
29.4%
草纸
17.6%
纸草
17.6%
英英释义
- n.paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
- n.tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
- n.a document written on papyrus
词源
- papyrus纸莎草，古文献来自拉丁语papyrus,纸莎草，纸莎草制的纸。最终来自埃及语。
- papyrus纸莎草拉丁语papyrus（草制成之纸）直接进入英语，得单词papyrus（纸莎草）；该拉丁语经古法语papier（纸）进入英语，得单词paper（纸）；该拉丁语经过异化之后进入英语，得单词taper（烛芯）。所以“纸”和“蜡烛芯”两词同源，是因为二者最初的材质可能相同。