palimpsests

美 [?pæl?mp?sest] 　英 [?pæl?mpsest]

• n.(可以消去舊字另寫新字的)羊皮紙[石板等]

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：palimpsests  

英漢解釋

n.	1. (可以消去舊字另寫新字的)羊皮紙[石板等] 2. 把背面翻過來另刻的舊黃銅紀(jì)念牌

英英解釋

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.

而且我認(rèn)為所有這些生物都是生命史的縮寫。