papyrus

[US]/pə'paɪrəs/
[UK]/pə'paɪrəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. パピルス植物の木栓から作られた紙に似た材料
Word Forms
複数形papyri

Phrases & Collocations

papyrus plant

パピルスの植物

Example Sentences

Woollen cloth and timber were sent to Egypt in exchange for linen or papyrus.

ウールの布と木材は、リネンやパピルスと引き換えにエジプトに送られました。

Real-world Examples

Books made of papyrus were unknown to the Mesopotamians.

パピルスで作られた本はメソポタミア人には知られていませんでした。

Source: A Brief History of the World

One of the recipients was papyrus sleuth Brent Nongbri.

受取人の一人は、パピルスの探偵ブレント・ノングブリでした。

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Perhaps I should ask her to write you a note on papyrus.

彼女にパピルスにメモを書いてもらうよう頼むべきかもしれません。

Source: English little tyrant

The fish harvest is disappearing and papyrus is not found near as before.

魚の収穫が減少しており、パピルスは以前ほど見つからなくなっています。

Source: Rivers and Life: The Nile River

Over the past century, just over 5,000 of the half-million Oxyrhynchus papyri have been published.

過去1世紀の間に、50万のオキシリンコスのパピルスのうち、わずか5,000点が公開されました。

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

The papyrus would also crack easily, but before long, the Romans had a solution.

パピルスは簡単に割れてしまうが、すぐにローマ人は解決策を見つけた。

Source: One Hundred Thousand Whys

It could be argued that these empires were made possible by the use of official records on papyrus.

これらの帝国は、パピルス上の公式記録の利用によって可能になったと言えるかもしれません。

Source: Advanced American English by Lai Shih-hsiung

To their delight, they hit upon rubbish dumps in which 700 years' worth of papyrus had been discarded.

彼らは喜んで、700年分のパピルスが捨てられたゴミ捨て場を見つけました。

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

They wrote their " hooks" on scrolls of papyrus paper.

彼らはパピルスの巻物に「フック」を書いた。

Source: Magic Tree House

Demand for papyrus became feverish, and the price soared.

パピルスの需要が熱狂的になり、価格が急騰した。

Source: The Economist Culture

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