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单词 cuneiform
释义
cuneiform
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us
/ˈkjuː.nə.fɔːrm/

cuneiformadjective(WRITING)

of aformof writing used for over 3,000yearsuntil the 1stcenturyBC in theancientcountriesofWesternAsia
楔形文字的
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cuneiformadjective(POINTED)

medicalspecialized
pointedat one end andwideat the other:
楔形的，楔状的
cuneiformbones楔状骨
cuneiform
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us
/ˈkjuː.nə.fɔːrm/
aformof writing used for over 3,000yearsuntil the 1stcenturyBC in theancientcountriesofWesternAsia:
Many of the earlyarchaeologistswereobsessedby thestruggletodeciphercuneiform.
Scholars were only justfiguringout how toreadcuneiform.
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  • Hetaughthimself toreadAssyrian cuneiform duringlunchhoursin the British Museum.
  • There is adesperateneed forbasicbookson cuneiform.
  • Thistalewas written 4,000yearsago, but was onlytranslatedfrom cuneiform in the 1970s.
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  • all caps
  • alphabetically
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  • Braillist
  • camel case
  • cursive
  • hieroglyphics
  • initial
  • penmanship
  • phonetic
  • pictogram
  • pictograph
  • pinyin
  • roman
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(Definition ofcuneiformfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
cuneiform
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us
/ˈkjuː.nə.fɔːrm/

cuneiformadjective(WRITING)

of aformof writing used for over 3,000yearsuntil the 1stcenturyBC in theancientcountriesofWesternAsia
楔形文字的

cuneiformadjective(POINTED)

medicalspecialized
pointedat one end andwideat the other
楔形的，楔状的
cuneiformbones楔状骨

cuneiform| American Dictionary

cuneiform
noun[C]
us/kjʊˈni·əˌfɔrm,ˈkju·ni·ə-/
social studies
anancientMesopotamian andPersianformof writing in whichthinwoodenstickswithtriangularendsarepressedintowetclay.
(Definition ofcuneiformfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The early chapters deal with hieroglyphic andcuneiformsystems - the "seedbed from which the alphabet sprang" (p. 57).
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Classicists were uninterested, theologians were hostile, and even other orientalists usually treated the discipline's new subfield with suspicion if not contempt (most liberal-era orientalists did not learncuneiform).
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Cuneiformtexts were written on clay tablets, on which symbols were drawn with a blunt reed used as a stylus.
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Cuneiformliterally means wedge-shaped, due to the triangular tip of the stylus used for impressing signs on wet clay.
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Its contents consisted of 70cuneiformtablets comprising 7,000 celestial omens.
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Lateral to the abductor hallucis is the flexor hallucis brevis, which originates from the medialcuneiformbone and from the tendon of the tibialis posterior.
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The sound /h/ incuneiformis in the modern literature sometimes transliterated as "kh".
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This archaic "cuneiform" (wedge-shaped) mode of writing co-existed with the pre-cuneiformarchaic mode.
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The scribal texts proved to be very helpful in decipheringcuneiform.
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Although some of thesecuneiformtablets have been deciphered, difficulty with site excavations has obscured the purpose and sometimes even the structure of many buildings.
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An extensivecuneiformscript, below an encircling register line, around the top cone, tells the story of the kudurru.
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These tablets were inscribed in a strange illegible form of writing known ascuneiform.
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In 1030% of cases, a tibialis anterior tendon transfer to the lateralcuneiformis performed when the child is approximately three years of age.
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He found a few inscribed bricks, and a singlecuneiformtablet.
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A large number ofcuneiformtablets were found in the palace.
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