| 单词 | parchment |
| 释义 | parchment (once / 1257 pages) n Parchment is what people used to write on before paper was common, hundreds of years ago. Instead of being made from trees, parchment was made from animal skins. As early as the second century BC, ancient Greeks invented a method of treating animal skins to make a writing surface, parchment, that was less expensive than the papyrus they used before that. Parchment continued to be used through the 1400s, when Europeans began making paper. These days, you're most likely to see parchment in a museum or historical movie. The word comes from the name of the city where it was invented, Pergamon. WORD FAMILYparchment: parchments USAGE EXAMPLESKristy Parchment was arrested on charges of being an accessory to armed robbery. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) One person wiped down a banana leaf and placed it on parchment paper. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1n a superior paper resembling sheepskin Hyper paper a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 2n skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on Syn|Hypo|Hyper lambskin, sheepskin vellum fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb animal skin the outer covering of an animal |
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