palimpsest
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/
美 /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
- Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
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Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
— But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.
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A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
— I also agree there's more instrumental development that needs doing. For all we know there's a fourth layer to the palimpsest.
动词 v.
- To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
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On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
— Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
词源 2
From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
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