scytale

发音

/ˈsɪtəliː/
/ˈskɪt-/

词形变化

scytales 复数 scytales

别名

skytale

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography by the ancient Spartans.

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词源

From Latin scytale (“cylinder used for encoding and decoding”), from Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding”).

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