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hieroglyphic 音标拼音: [h,ɑɪrogl'ɪfɪk] a. 象形文字的 象形文字的 hieroglyphic adj 1: resembling hieroglyphic writing [synonym: {hieroglyphic}, {hieroglyphical}] 2: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols [synonym: {hieroglyphic}, {hieroglyphical}] n 1: writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) [synonym: {hieroglyph}, {hieroglyphic}] 2: a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt [synonym: {hieroglyph}, {hieroglyphic}] Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, Hieroglyphical \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al\, a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ?; "iero`s sacred gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hi['e]roglyphique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. [1913 Webster] Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] Hieroglyph \Hi"er*o*glyph\, Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, n. [Cf. F. hi['e]roglyphe. See {Hieroglyphic}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sacred character; a character used in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a. [1913 Webster] 2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.] Hieroglyphic 72 Moby Thesaurus words for "hieroglyphic":
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