hieroglyph

n. 象形文字, 图画文字

发音

UK /ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/
其它
UK /ˈhaɪ.ɹəʊˌɡlɪf/
US /ˈhaɪɚ.əˌɡlɪf/
US /ˈhaɪɚ.oʊˌɡlɪf/

词形变化

hieroglyphs 复数 hieroglyphs hieroglyphed hieroglyphing hieroglyphs 三单 hieroglyphing 现在分词 hieroglyphed 过去式 hieroglyphed 过去分词

别名

heiroglyph

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.

    象形文字

    图画文字

    圣书体

    Hieroglyphs were discovered on the wall inside the temple.

  2. 2.

    An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.

    In particular, an Egyptian hieroglyph.

  3. 3.

    Any obscure or baffling symbol.

    非正式

    With your handwriting, it's no surprise the Prof can't read your hieroglyphs!

v.
  1. 1.

    To represent by hieroglyphs.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hieroglyphic

上位词 3

writing orthography writing system

下位词 1

hieratic

词源

First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”), nTr-md. By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph.

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