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单词 hieroglyph
释义 hi·er·o·glyph
I. \ˈhī(ə)rəˌglif, -rō-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French hiéroglyphe, from Middle French hieroglyphe, back-formation from hieroglyphique
1. : a character used in a system of hieroglyphic writing
 < Maya hieroglyphs were sculptured or … incised on stone stelae — J.E.S.Thompson >
especially in ancient Egypt
 < hieroglyphs often occur on monuments written vertically and from left to right — J.E.M.White >
— compare ideogram
2. : something that resembles a hieroglyph in form or symbolism
 < the river glistened in a hieroglyph across the country — D.H.Lawrence >
 < at the corners of her eyes and mouth were written the decipherable hieroglyphs of disillusion — Helen Howe >
 < symbolic hieroglyphs consisting of nothing more than a few brush strokes — Times Literary Supplement >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to express in or inscribe with hieroglyphs
 < the first hieroglyphed sarcophagus we had yet seen — Amelia B. Edwards >
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