papyrus

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, History, Communicationspapyruspa‧py‧rus /pəˈpaɪrəs/ noun (plural papyruses or papyri /-raɪ/) 1 [uncountable]HBP a plant like grass that grows in water2 [countable, uncountable]SHTC a type of paper made from papyrus and used in ancient Egypt, or a piece of this paperExamples from the Corpuspapyrus• He remembered the floggings which, when he was a student, had followed the botching of a papyrus.• Speech became eternal, thanks to certain marks on stone and clay and papyrus.• It was hurriedly written on a scrap of papyrus which had been used and scraped clean several times before.• Waterfowl and stylized papyrus flowers recur, as do simplified outlines of chariots.• The contents of the papyrus are a commentary on the mythical poetry of Orpheus.• Thus, we see a two-fold dimension within the view of the papyrus.• We could see the moon over the papyrus swamps.Origin papyrus (1300-1400) Latin Greek papyros

单词	papyrus
释义	papyrus From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, History, Communicationspapyruspa‧py‧rus /pəˈpaɪrəs/ noun (plural papyruses or papyri /-raɪ/) 1 [uncountable]HBP a plant like grass that grows in water2 [countable, uncountable]SHTC a type of paper made from papyrus and used in ancient Egypt, or a piece of this paperExamples from the Corpuspapyrus• He remembered the floggings which, when he was a student, had followed the botching of a papyrus.• Speech became eternal, thanks to certain marks on stone and clay and papyrus.• It was hurriedly written on a scrap of papyrus which had been used and scraped clean several times before.• Waterfowl and stylized papyrus flowers recur, as do simplified outlines of chariots.• The contents of the papyrus are a commentary on the mythical poetry of Orpheus.• Thus, we see a two-fold dimension within the view of the papyrus.• We could see the moon over the papyrus swamps.Origin papyrus (1300-1400) Latin Greek papyros
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