glyph

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
  2. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.; Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
    — human figures carved on the obverse and the reverse, and glyphs on the other faces. Slab-stelæ, on the other hand, are shorter and most of them bear inscriptions only on the reverse. Frequently associated with these stelæ are smaller monoliths known as "altars," which vary greatly in size, shape, and decoration, some bearing glyphs and others being without them.
  3. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  4. A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
    — The grid column header displays a sort glyph indicating an ascending or descending ordering.
  5. A vertical groove.
  6. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
  7. Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.

词形变化

glyphs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
adermatoglyphia aglyph agriglyph anaglyph bioglyph dendroglyph dermatoglyph diglyph gallow glyph geoglyph glyphlike glyphography glyphomancy hemiglyph hieroglyph hoboglyph homoglyph interglyph lithoglyph opisthoglyph petroglyph petrosomatoglyph phytoglyphic phytoglyphy proteroglyph solenoglyph triglyph
相关词
ligature

词源

First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”).
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