palimpsests

palimpsests

美 [ˈpælɪmpˌsest] 　英 [ˈpælɪmpsest]

• n.(可以消去旧字另写新字的)羊皮纸[石板等]

词形变化

复数：palimpsests  

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

And you know, I think of all of these organisms as palimpsests.

而且我认为所有这些生物都是生命史的缩写。