palimpsest
/ˈpælɪmpsest/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。
1.1
- 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。
派生词
palimpsestic
adjective词源
mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin 'again' + psēstos 'rubbed smooth'.