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cuneiform是什么意思 cuneiform的用法 cuneiform怎么读

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cuneiform

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

adj. 楔形的;楔形文字的;楔状骨的

n. 楔形文字;楔状骨

cuneiform是什么意思 cuneiform的用法 cuneiform怎么读

中文词源

cuneiform 楔形文字

cunei-,楔子,词源同,形状。

英语词源

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.

权威例句

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.

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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.

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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.

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