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cuneiform

英 ['kjuːnɪfɔːm; kjuː'neɪɪfɔːm] 美 ['kjʊnɪə,fɔrm]

解释

adj. 楔形的；楔形文字的；楔状骨的
n. 楔形文字；楔状骨

※ 提供单词"cuneiform"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

cuneiform 楔形文字

cunei-,楔子，词源同cone.form,形状。

英文词源

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 Kämpfer (1681-1716); in English from 1818. As a noun from 1862.

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例句和用法

1. The cuneiform script is a great invention by the Sumerians.: 楔形文字是苏美尔人的一大发明.

2. B.C. Cuneiform first used by Sumerians in present - day Iraq for economic records.: 公元前3500年,生活在现在伊拉克地区的闪族人首先使用楔形文字记录经济活动.

3. With the cultural dissemination, other ethnic groups in west Asia and southwest Asia adopted cuneiform.: 楔形文字传播的地区主要在西亚和西南亚.