单词 | Rosetta Stone |
释义 | Rosetta Stone/rə(ʊ)ˈzɛtə /1An inscribed stone found near Rosetta (now called Rashid) in Egypt in1799. Its text is written in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek. The deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion in 1822 led to the interpretation of many other early records of Egyptian civilization. 1.1 (as noun a Rosetta stone) A key to some previously undecipherable mystery or unattainable knowledge: zero point energy could be the Rosetta stone of physics...
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