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单词 parchment
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
parch•ment /ˈpɑrtʃmənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared so as to be written on:[uncountable]scrolls of parchment.
  2. Printing something written, as a manuscript, on such material:[countable]ancient parchments with odd symbols on them.
  3. Printing[uncountable] a kind of stiff, off-white paper treated so as to be like this material.
  4. [countable] a diploma.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
parch•ment  (pärchmənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
  2. Printinga manuscript or document on such material.
  3. Printinga stiff, off-white paper resembling this material.
  4. a diploma.
  • Medieval Latin pergamīnum, variant of pergamēnum, for Late Latin Pergamēna charta paper of Pergamum)
  • Old French (-min
  • Latin Parthica (pellis) Parthian (leather) + -ment (compare Medieval Latin percamentum, Dutch perkament)); replacing Middle English parchemin
  • Middle French, Old French (parche
  • late Middle English 1275–1325
parchment•like′, parchment•y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
parchment /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/ n
  1. the skin of certain animals, such as sheep, treated to form a durable material, as for bookbinding, or (esp formerly) manuscripts
  2. a manuscript, bookbinding, etc, made of or resembling this material
  3. a type of stiff yellowish paper resembling parchment
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French parchemin, via Latin from Greek pergamēnē, from Pergamēnos of Pergamum (where parchment was made); the form of Old French parchemin was influenced by parche leather, from Latin Parthica (pellis) Parthian (leather)

ˈparchmenty adj
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