"cuneiform" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 楔形文字

Definition

源自古代美索不达米亚的一种书写系统，通过在泥板上压出楔形符号形成文字。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“楔形文字”用于学术、历史、考古相关语境，仅指古代的这种文字系统，常和“泥板”、“铭文”等词搭配。

Examples

Cuneiform was used to write the first known laws.

**楔形文字**被用来记录已知最早的法律。

Sumerians wrote with cuneiform on clay tablets.

苏美尔人用**楔形文字**写在泥板上。

The museum displays ancient cuneiform tablets.

博物馆展出了古代的**楔形文字**泥板。

It’s amazing that people could read and write in cuneiform thousands of years ago.

令人惊叹的是，几千年前人们就能用**楔形文字**读写。

Scholars spend years learning to decipher cuneiform texts.

学者们花了数年时间学习如何破译**楔形文字**文献。

I saw a documentary about how cuneiform revealed the daily life of ancient people.

我看了一部关于**楔形文字**如何揭示古人日常生活的纪录片。