| 单词 | papyrus |
| 释义 | papyrus (once / 3298 pages) n The word "paper" comes from papyrus, which is "the paper plant, or paper made from it." When the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans wanted to jot something down, they used papyrus. Papyrus plants used to grow all over the Nile Delta in Egypt, which is why it was so popular with the King Tut set. They used it to make everything from mattresses to sandals, but papyrus is mostly famous as the thick paper ancient Egyptians wrote important documents on, like, say, a note from Cleopatra. It also refers to the paper itself, like the recently discovered papyrus of Cleopatra, on which she wrote "make it happen." Yes ma'am. WORD FAMILYpapyrus: papyri, papyruses USAGE EXAMPLESIn the first of these, Dejan investigates several inexplicable deaths at the Papyrus Bookshop. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) A strong smell hangs in the air - a swam of flies buzzes off dead goats in a kraal, or compound, fenced with papyrus reeds. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) Many artefacts — such as Egyptian mummies and delicate papyrus — are fragile and must be insured at high cost if they are to travel long distances. Nature(Nov 21, 2016) 1n tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times Syn|Hyper Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush sedge grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers 2n paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans Hyper paper a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 3n a document written on papyrus Hyper document, papers, written document writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) |
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