papyrus
英[pə'paɪrəs]
美[pə'paɪrəs]
- n. 纸莎草；纸莎草纸
英英释意
- 1. paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
- 2. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
- 3. a document written on papyrus