纸莎草 meaning in English

paper reed
papyrus (cyperus papyrus)

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。
The egyptians first used papyrus around the year 3000 b . c . to make a kind of paper
埃及人首先在西元前3000年左右使用纸莎草制造的一种纸。
The papyrus plant was important to the ancient egyptians because it was used to make papyrus scrolls
纸草对古埃及人来说很重要，它是制造纸莎草卷轴的原料。
Next he had to uncover the ancient secret ? so jealously guarded by the ancients that no text of any kind , no descriptive wall painting , and no tomb inscriptions about making papyrus are known to exist
接下来，他不得不解开这个古老的秘密，而这个秘密被古人们牢牢地保守着，以至于没有任何形式的资料、壁刻、壁画，坟墓中也没有现存的关于制作草纸（可能是埃及的纸莎草画）的记载。