hieroglyphic

英 [ˌhaɪərə'ɡlɪfɪk] 美 [ˌhaɪərə'ɡlɪfɪk]

• adj. 象形文字的；用象形文字书写的；潦草难懂的
• n. 象形文字；难辨别的书写

英英释义

Noun:

1. writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

2. a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

Adjective:

1. resembling hieroglyphic writing

2. written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Dongba is an ancient hieroglyphic language.
   东巴文是一种古老的象形文字。

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is no indication that script had as many ideograms as the hieroglyphic had.
   没有迹象表明这种文字是拥有很多表意文字，就如那些象形文字一样。
2. His write is so bad it just looks like hieroglyphic to me.
   他写的糟透了，对我来说就像天书一样。

经典引文

• This was a bilingual inscription and..the Demotic and hieroglyphic writing could be deciphered.

  出自： G. Daniel

词汇搭配

• hieroglyph 象形文字

近反义词

【近义词】

• hieroglyph 象形文字
• hieroglyphical 符号的(难懂的)...