搜尋結果
papyrus
- IPA[pəˈpʌɪrəs]
英式
- a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making articles such as rope;a document written on papyrus
noun: papyrus, plural noun: papyri
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making articles such as rope the text was preserved, probably on papyrus a papyrus scroll
- ▪ a document written on papyrus a remarkable papyrus recently acquired by the British Museum
- 2. the tall aquatic sedge from which papyrus is obtained, native to central Africa and the Nile valley.