a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
palimpsest的用法和樣例:
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用作名詞 (n.)
This book is the most important palimpsest in the world, 這本書是世界是最重要的重寫本。
All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. 全部歷史都象一張不斷刮乾淨重寫的羊皮紙。