| 单词 | cuneiform |
| 释义 | cuneiform (once / 9681 pages) 1nadj 2adj Cuneiform is a type of writing that was used in ancient Mesopotamia and Persia. In a museum, you might see artifacts such as stone tablets with cuneiform carved into them. Cuneiform is typically pronounced "kyoo-NEE-uh-form." Back in Mesopotamian times, you would have written by carving wedge-shaped characters that make up a language called cuneiform. From the shape of the characters, we get the adjective cuneiform, which means "wedge-shaped," like a cuneiform platter. Cuneiform also describes wedge-shaped bones, like those found in the lower leg. WORD FAMILYcuneiform: cuneiforms USAGE EXAMPLES“There are 33 separate recipes, preserved on three different cuneiform tablets,” said Tate Paulette, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University who studies Mesopotamian cuisine. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Besides the reliefs and statues, archaeologists dug up hundreds of stone tablets written in cuneiform letters containing everything from treaties to temple and palace records. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The stonemason would have the job of carving our names and dates in cuneiform letters. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) 1 1n an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia Hypo|Hyper Babylonian the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written script a particular orthography or writing system 2adj shaped like a wedge 2Syn cuneal, wedge-shaped adj of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) |
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