noun
1hieroglyphics
- writing consisting of hieroglyphs用象形文字写的东西。
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- enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing潦草难懂的符号（或文字）：
tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics.
满是难以辨认的字迹的破烂笔记本。
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- of or written in hieroglyphs象形文字的, 以象形文字写的。
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- (especially in art) stylized, symbolic, or enigmatic in effect（尤指艺术）风格化的; 象征性的; 难解的。
派生词
hieroglyphical
adjectivehieroglyphically
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: from French hiéroglyphique, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros 'sacred' + gluphē 'carving'.