palimpsest

• n. 重写本
• 写在重写本上的

来自希腊语palimpsestos,刮掉， 重写，来自palin,再一次，psen,刮，挠，词源同psoriasis.用于指古希腊时期一种可多次书写的羊皮纸。

palimpsest (n.)

"parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing," 1660s, from Latin palimpsestus, from Greek palimpsestos "scraped again," from palin "again" (see palindrome) + verbal adjective of psen "to rub smooth" (of uncertain origin).

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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