| 单词 | writing system |
| 释义 | writing system (once / 207357 pages) n WORD FAMILY writing system: writing systems USAGE EXAMPLESNigerian-born Victor Ekpuk draws and paints on paper, but his imagery employs symbols from an African writing system once incised into wood, metal and ceramics. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) On the bottom left are neat columns of tiny, stabbing brush strokes, which make up one of many evocations of ancient writing systems. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) For Everson, this focus has distracted effort and resources away from minority and historical writing systems, such as medieval Cornish. The Guardian(Sep 06, 2016) n a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper orthography Linear A an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C. Linear Ba syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C. script a particular orthography or writing system spellingforming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage picture writinga writing system using pictographs alphabetic script, alphabetic writinga writing system based on alphabetic characters boustrophedonan ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' ideographythe use of ideograms in writing hieroglyph, hieroglyphica writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt point systema system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch Aramaic, Aramaic scriptan alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it Avestanthe script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written Brahmia script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari scripta syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi Pahlavithe script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language Uighur, Uigur, Uygurthe script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language unciala style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries misspellinga spelling that is incorrect cuneiforman ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia syllabary, syllabic scripta writing system whose characters represent syllables hieratic, hieratic scripta cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests braillea point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals alphabeta character set that includes letters and is used to write a language writing letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language |
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