hieroglyphic
UK/.haiәrәu'ɡlifik/US
GREC2
释义
adj.
Relating to or written in hieroglyphs; (informally) so symbol-like as to be hard to read.
象形文字的；（非正式）符号化得难以辨认的。
n.
A hieroglyph; the system of picture-writing using such symbols.
象形文字（符号）；象形文字体系。
词根拆分
词根派生hiero（神圣）+ glyph（雕刻）+ -ic（…的）= 与神圣雕刻有关的。主要作埃及象形文字的形容词，并延伸为比喻：任何潦草、符号化、几乎无法辨认的字迹。
词根 glyph 还连着 3 个词常用搭配
- 1.hieroglyphic writing象形文字书写
- 2.hieroglyphic script象形文字体系
- 3.hieroglyphic symbols象形符号
- 4.hieroglyphic text象形文字文本
例句
- 1.
The walls were covered in hieroglyphic writing.
墙上布满了象形文字。
- 2.
Researchers compared the hieroglyphic and Greek texts.
研究者对照了象形文字文本和希腊文文本。
- 3.
Her hieroglyphic handwriting was impossible to decipher.
她那天书般的字迹根本无法辨认。