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    palimpsest

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: History, Communications
    pal·imp·sest /ˈpæləmpsest/ noun [countable] technical  SHTCan ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing 〔古时原有文字被新内容覆盖的〕再生羊皮纸卷
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    palimpsest• The whole discordant palimpsest of photographic realities with which we are daily bombarded is communicated in the microcosm of a single canvas.• Instead of adding a new layer to the palimpsest of the Great Plains, strip-mining destroys the palimpsest itself.    Origin palimpsest (1600-1700) Latin palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin “again” + psen “to rub”
    pal·imp·sest nounChineseSyllable
    original writing an which document the on Corpus ancient


    palimpsest
    pal‧imp‧sest /ˈpæləmpsest, ˈpælɪmpsest/ noun [countable] technical
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin 'again' + psen 'to rub'
    an ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing


    pal·imp·sestBrE /ˈpælɪmpsest/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpælɪmpsest/ 🔊 nounan ancient document from which some or all of the original text has been removed and replaced by a new text 再生羊皮纸卷，重写羊皮书卷（全部或部分原有文字被刮去，在上面另行书写）(formal) something that has many different layers of meaning or detail 具有多重意义的事物；多层次的东西