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
双语例句
1. 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.
来自英汉文学
2. 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.
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3. 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.
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用作名词 (n.)
This book is the most important palimpsest in the world, 这本书是世界是最重要的重写本。
All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. 全部历史都象一张不断刮干净重写的羊皮纸。
