palimpsest

英[ˈpælɪmpsest]

美[\'pælɪmpsest]

基本释义

All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.

历史变成了一张羊皮纸,可以按照需要擦净重写.

英汉文学

Some of it is lost, as the DNA palimpsest has been erased and re - written.

由于DNA的“原手稿本”已经擦拭并重写, 有些信息便遗失了.

互联网

All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed as often as was necessary.

全部历史都象一张不断刮干净重写的羊皮纸.

互联网

Noun

1. a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible