palimpsest

palimpsest
[ˈpalɪm(p)sɛst]
noun
  1. a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing
    （原有文字已被拭去的）重写手稿，重新书写的写字材料
    ■(figurative)something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form
    (喻)仍然看得出原状痕迹的东西
    Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners.
    萨顿园是一代又一代主人审美品味的层层淀积。
派生
palimpsestic
adjective
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin 'again' + psēstos 'rubbed smooth'
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