palimpsest

n. 重写本, 覆画

pal.imp.sest

n.（名词）
A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.
重写本：尤指纸莎草纸或羊皮纸的底稿，已被写了不止一次，以前写的东西已被不完全擦掉，通常是清晰易读的
An object, a place, or an area that reflects its history:
反映历史的物体、地方或地区：
例句：
.Spaniards in the sixteenth century . . . saw an ocean moving south . . . through a palimpsest of bayous and distributary streams in forested paludal basins.(John McPhee)
.'世纪的西班牙人…通过森林里的沼泽盆地的河口和支流小溪的沉淀层…看到海洋向南移动.(约翰·麦克菲)


来源：
Latin palimpsôstum
拉丁语 palimpsôstum
from Greek palimpsôston [neuter of] palimpsôstos [scraped again]
源自 希腊语 palimpsôston [] palimpsôstos的中性 [再擦]
palin [again] * see k wel-
palin [又] *参见 k wel-
psôn [to scrape]
psôn [摩擦]