palimpsest
n. 重写本, 覆画
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释义与例句
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A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
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Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
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Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
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Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
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Memory that has been erased and re-written.
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The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
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Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
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A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
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To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
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On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
词汇关系
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词源
From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
来源：wiktionary