a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph 象形文字(或符号) flanges painted with esoteric glyphs. 绘有深奥的象形文字的翼缘。 ■strictly, a sculptured symbol (e.g. as forming the ancient Mayan writing system) (严格说来)雕刻的符号(如构成古代玛雅人的书写系统的符号) ■(Computing)a small graphic symbol (计算机)(小的)图示符
(Architecture)an ornamental carved groove or channel, as on a Greek frieze (建筑)(如希腊式建筑壁缘上的)束腰竖沟,竖面浅槽饰,竖沟装饰
派生 glyphic adjective 语源
late 18th cent. (in sense 2): from French glyphe, from Greek gluphē 'carving'