| 单词 | 纸莎草 |
| 释义 | 〔chart〕from Latin charta [sheet of paper made from papyrus] * see card 1源自 拉丁语 charta [纸莎草做成的纸张] * 参见 card1〔papyrus〕A tall, aquatic, Mediterranean sedge(Cyperus papyrus) having numerous drooping rays grouped in umbels. Also called Egyptian paper rush ,paper plant 纸莎草：一种高的地中海水生莎草（纸莎草 莎草属） ，有很多下垂的成伞状花序排列的舌状花 也作 Egyptian paper rush,paper plant〔Ngami〕A lake of northern Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. The marshy lake covered an extensive area during the Pleistocene epoch but was greatly reduced in size during the 1880's, when papyrus growth blocked the mouth of its main tributary.恩加密湖：博茨瓦纳北部的一个湖，位于卡拉哈里沙漠北部。这个沼泽湖在更新世时代覆盖了广大的面积但在19世纪80年代大为缩小，因为纸莎草的生长阻塞了它的主要支流的入口〔bulrush〕Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail.其他同类植物：同类的生长在沼泽地的植物，好纸莎草或宽叶香蒲〔Byblos〕An ancient city of Phoenicia north-northeast of present-day Beirut, Lebanon. It was the chief city of Phoenicia in the second millenniumb.c. and was noted for its papyruses. 比布鲁斯：腓尼基的一座古城，位于今黎巴嫩贝鲁特城东北偏北。公元前 两千年为腓尼基的主要城市。因其出产纸莎草而闻名 〔schedule〕variant of Latin scida [papyrus strip] 拉丁语 scida的变体 [纸莎草带] 〔Elephantine〕An island of southeast Egypt in the Nile River below the First Cataract. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, dating from the fifth centuryb.c. , were discovered here in 1903. 埃勒分蒂尼：埃及东南部的一个岛，位于尼罗河上，在第一大瀑布下。古代为保卫埃及南部边疆的军事要塞。1903年在该处发现公元前 5世纪前埃的勒分蒂尼纸莎草文件 〔Kioga〕An irregularly shaped lake of central Uganda. The shallow lake is noted for its papyrus swamps.基奥加湖：乌干达中部的呈不规则形状的湖，这个狭窄的湖以它的纸莎草沼泽而知名〔paper〕from Latin papȳrus [papyrus plant, papyrus paper] 源自 拉丁语 papȳrus [纸莎草植物，纸莎草纸] 〔Heyerdahl〕Norwegian ethnologist and explorer who led the Kon Tiki expedition (1947) on a raft across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Tuamotu to demonstrate that Polynesians may be of South American origin. In 1970 he crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Barbados in a papyrus boat to show that ancient Egyptians might have sailed to America.海尔达尔，托尔：(1914-2002) 挪威民族学家、探险家，曾于1947年发起探险乘坐木筏康·提基号从秘鲁出发横渡太平洋到达土木土，以证明波利尼西亚人或许来自南美洲。1970年他乘一艘纸莎草船从摩洛哥出发横渡大西洋到达巴巴多斯，以表明古代埃及人可能曾乘船到过美洲 |
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