單詞
cuneiform
英 ['kju?n?f??m; kju?'ne??f??m]
美['kj?n??,f?rm]
基本信息
- adj. 楔形的；楔形文字的；楔狀骨的
- n. 楔形文字；楔狀骨
中文詞源
cuneiform 楔形文字
cunei-,楔子，詞源同cone.form,形狀。
英文詞源
- cuneiform (adj.)
- 1670s, "wedge shaped," from French cunéiforme (16c.), from Latin cuneus "a wedge, wedge-shaped thing," which is of unknown origin, + French -forme (see form (n.)). Applied to characters in ancient Middle Eastern inscriptions made with wedge-shaped writing tools; first used in this sense by German physician and traveler Engelbert K?mpfer (1681-1716); in English from 1818. As a noun from 1862.
雙語例句
- 1. The cuneiform script is a great invention by the Sumerians.
- 楔形文字是蘇美爾人的一大發明.
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- 2. B.C. Cuneiform first used by Sumerians in present - day Iraq for economic records.
- 公元前3500年,生活在現在伊拉克地區的閃族人首先使用楔形文字記錄經濟活動.
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- 3. With the cultural dissemination, other ethnic groups in west Asia and southwest Asia adopted cuneiform.
- 楔形文字傳播的地區主要在西亞和西南亞.
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