papyrus meaning in English
n.
(pl. -ri )
1.【植物；植物学】纸莎草，大伞莎草。
2.(古埃及人等用纸莎草造的)莎草纸。
3.〔pl.〕(莎草纸的)古写本[文稿]。
Examples
- The egyptians wrote on papyrus .
埃及人书写用薄草纸。 - Since papyrus dries up and crumble, very few documents of ancient egypt have survived .
因草片会干裂成粉末所以古埃及的文件很少保存下来。 - Although papyrus was widely used over a long period of time, other materials were also used for writing in ancient egypt .
在古埃及，虽然纸莎草纸曾在一个长时期中被广泛使用，但是也有其它的书写材料。 - Linen and cotton paper, which the europeans learned about from the chinese through the arabians, replaced parchment and papyrus from the twelfth century on .
从12世纪以来，欧洲通过阿拉伯人，从中国学来了制造麻纸和棉纸以代替羊皮纸和草片纸。 - The papyrus plant was also the symbol of lower egypt
纸草也是下埃及的象征物。