papyrus

英 [pəˈpaɪrəs]

美 [pəˈpaɪrəs]

n.  纸莎草; (古埃及用的)纸莎草纸; (写在纸莎草纸上的)文献，文稿

复数：papyri　

GRE

BNC.26007 / COCA.23504

牛津词典

noun

• 纸莎草
  a tall plant with thick stems that grows in water
• （古埃及用的）纸莎草纸
  paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant, used in ancient Egypt for writing and drawing on
• （写在纸莎草纸上的）文献，文稿
  a document or piece of paper made of papyrus

柯林斯词典

• （非洲的）纸莎草
  Papyrusis a tall water plant that grows in Africa.
• （古代埃及、罗马和希腊用的）纸莎草纸
  Papyrusis a type of paper made from papyrus stems that was used in ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
• （写在纸莎草纸上的）古代文献
  Apapyrusis an ancient document that is written on papyrus.

英英释义

noun

• a document written on papyrus
• tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
  Synonym:Egyptian paper reedEgyptian paper rushpaper rushpaper plantCyperus papyrus
• paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat

双语例句

• As early as 2700 BC Egyptians were converting papyrus into thick forms of paper or parchment ready to receive markings from reed pens.
  早在公元前2700年，埃及人便开始把纸莎草纸改进为较厚的纸张或是羊皮纸，以便用芦苇制成的笔记录文字。
• In fact, the name for Lower Egypt in hieroglyphs was shown as several papyrus plants growing out of the ground.
  实际上，象形文字中下埃及的写法就是几根纸草从大地中长出来。
• For example, there is a papyrus discovered at Thebes offering a reward for a run-away slave.
  比如说，在底比斯发现了一张纸莎草纸，悬赏捉拿一个逃跑的奴隶。
• In the papyrus, Ani's journey has a good outcome. Horus, the son of Osiris, speaks up for him, and he's admitted into paradise.
  根据纸莎草卷轴的描述，阿尼的旅程得到圆满的结果。奥西里斯之子荷鲁斯为他说好话，他获准进入天堂。
• With lots of insurmountable disadvantages, the papyrus is substituted by parchment and paper at last.
  但纸莎草纸也具有自身不可克服的诸多局限性，其最终被羊皮纸和纸所代替，更是一种历史的必然和进步。
• We are looking for suppliers to supply us with Egyptian products including papyrus, statues and glass perfume bottles.
  我们正在寻找能提供埃及产品的供应商，包括纸莎草纸和玻璃香水瓶雕像。
• When I saw this lore, I knew that it touched on the scenes I had haunted, and I therefore read long in the yellowed papyrus.
  当我看到这个传说，我就意识到它叙述的就是我多次游历的那些场景，因此我花了很长时间阅读这张泛黄的纸莎草纸。
• Papyrus: Egyptian reed form where the earliest form of paper was made.
  纸草：埃及的芦苇草。最早期的纸是用它制成。
• Linen and cotton paper, which the European learned about from the Chinese through the arabians, replaced parchment and papyrus from the twelfth century on.
  从12世纪以来，欧洲通过阿拉伯人，从中国学制造麻纸和绵纸以代替羊皮纸和草片纸。
• The papyrus plant was common in ancient Egypt, and the ancient Egyptians often showed the papyrus in their art.
  纸草在古埃及是普遍生长着的植物，古埃及人喜欢把纸草与他们的艺术融合在一起。