palimpsest

palimpsest

美 [ˈpælɪmpˌsest] 　英 [ˈpælɪmpsest]

• n.再生羊皮纸卷；具有多重意义的事物；多层次的东西
• 网络重写本；重写人生；变余构造

词形变化

复数：palimpsests  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. (可以消去旧字另写新字的)羊皮纸[石板等] 2. 把背面翻过来另刻的旧黄铜纪念牌

英英解释

n.	1. a very old document that writing was removed from and the surface written on again. Sometimes the older writing on a palimpsest can still be read. 2. something that has many obvious stages or levels of meaning, development, or history

例句

One of the most spectacular feats in this field concerns the so-called Archimedes Palimpsest.

在此领域最为叹为观止的成果就是所谓的“阿基米德复写稿”。

The palimpsest is believed to have been created by Byzantine monks in the 13th century, probably in Constantinople .

这份重写本据信是由拜占庭僧侣在13世纪创作，可能在君士坦丁堡。

it is itself already structured in a series of Niederschriften, in a kind of palimpsest-writing as one might say.

它本身就已经是被架构在一系列的「记载」里，以一种羊皮纸的重复书写，我们可以这样说。