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/ɪnˈskraɪbd/· verb (过去分词，作形容词)

科学/历史C1

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Chinese meaning

铭刻的；刻写的

刻kè写xiě、铭míng刻kè在zài表biǎo面miàn上shàng

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玛mǎ雅yǎ数shù学xué家jiā把bǎ公gōng式shì刻kè在zài墙qiáng面miàn上shàng留liú名míng

Example

Nature staff discuss the discovery of a four carbon ‘true sugar’ in interstellar space — plus, a formula inscribed on a wall reveals a Maya mathematician’s name.

《自然》编辑部讨论了在星际空间发现四碳「真糖」分子的消息——此外，一面墙上刻写的公式还揭示了一位玛雅数学家的名字。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

科kē学xué家jiā发fā现xiàn星xīng际jì「真zhēn糖táng」分fèn子zǐ，同tóng时shí一yí面miàn墙qiáng上shàng刻kè字zì揭jiē示shì了le一yī位wèi玛mǎ雅yǎ数shù学xué家jiā的de姓xìng名míng。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 inscribere，in- + scribere(写)

  • in-(在…上) + scrib(e)(写) + -ed

Collocations

  • inscribed on a wall / inscribed with / an inscribed name

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