hieroglyphic

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复数: hieroglyphics;名词: hieroglyph;

hieroglyphic: hieroglyphic: [16] Etymologically, hieroglyphic means ‘of sacred carving’. It came via French hiéroglyphique from Greek hierogluphikós, a compound of hierós ‘sacred’ and gluphé ‘carving’ (which derived from the same source as English cleave ‘split’). It was applied to the picture writing of the ancient Egyptians because this was used in sacred texts.
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hieroglyphic: 1580s (adj. and n.), from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Greek hieroglyphikos "hieroglyphic; of Egyptian writing," from hieros "sacred" (see ire) + glyphe "carving," from glyphein "to carve" (see glyph). Plutarch began the custom of using the adjective (ta hieroglyphika) as a noun.

1. This symbol later evolved into a common hieroglyphic symbolizing victory.: 这幕场景后来逐渐演化为象征胜利的普通象形文字.

2. For centuries hieroglyphic word pictures painted on Egyptian ruins were a mystery.: 几世纪以来,刻划在埃及废墟中的象形文字一直是个谜.

5. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script was finally deciphered.: 古埃及的象形文字终于被破译了.