Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

audiobook (n): a recording, on a CD or made available on the internet, of a book being read aloud
（配有光盘或网上录音资料的）有声读物
We have a wide range of audiobooks for you to download to your smartphone or other listening device.
我们有一系列有声读物供你下载到智能手机或其他设备上收听。

podcast (n): a radio programme that is stored in a digital form that you can download from the internet and play on a computer or on an MP3 player
播客（以数字格式储存的电台节目，可从因特网下载，然后在计算机或MP3播放机上播放）

papyrus (n): a tall plant like a grass that grows in or near water, especially in North Africa, or paper made from this plant, especially by ancient Egyptians
（尤指北非的）纸莎草，（尤指古埃及人制造的）纸莎草纸

parchment (n): the thin, dried skin of some animals that was used in the past for writing on, or a high-quality paper made to look like this
（旧时书写用的）羊皮纸；仿羊皮纸
ancient parchment
古代羊皮纸
He’d been ill for a long time, and his skin was like parchment.
他病了很久，皮肤像羊皮纸似的。

bizzare (adj): very strange and unusual
怪诞的；罕见的；异乎寻常的
a bizarre situation
异乎寻常的情形
bizarre behaviour
怪诞的行为

palimpsest (n): a very old text or document in which writing has been removed and covered or replaced by new writing
（全部或部分原有文字被刮去，在上面另行书写的）重写羊皮书卷