be written in cuneiform
用于说明文字、铭文等以楔形文字书写。
The letter was written in cuneiform.
这封信是用楔形文字写成的。
楔状骨；古代美索不达米亚的楔形文字书写系统,源于苏美尔象形文字,后演变为用芦苇笔在泥板上书写的楔形符号；楔形骨；尤指楔骨
An ancient writing system used in Mesopotamia, made up of wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay
古代美索不达米亚的楔形文字书写系统,源于苏美尔象形文字,后演变为用芦苇笔在泥板上书写的楔形符号
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BCE, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
楔形骨；尤指楔骨
A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
The museum displayed a tablet inscribed with cuneiform.
博物馆展示了一块刻有楔形文字的石板。
用法提示：此处"cuneiform"作名词，指楔形文字这种书写系统。
Scholars spent years deciphering the ancient cuneiform.
学者们花了多年时间破译这种古老的楔形文字。
用法提示：此处"cuneiform"作名词，指古代楔形文字。
Cuneiform was used for recording laws and literature in Mesopotamia.
楔形文字在美索不达米亚被用来记录法律和文学。
用法提示：此处"cuneiform"作名词，充当主语，指楔形文字。
用于说明文字、铭文等以楔形文字书写。
The letter was written in cuneiform.
这封信是用楔形文字写成的。
cuneiform 作定语放在名词前，表示与楔形文字有关。
Archaeologists found cuneiform tablets in the ruins.
考古学家在废墟中发现了楔形文字泥板。
on 后接承载楔形文字的材料或表面。
The cuneiform on the tablet records a list of goods.
泥板上的楔形文字记录了一份货物清单。
grammar · medium
易错句子The Sumerians invented a cuneiform around 3000 BCE.
正确表达The Sumerians invented cuneiform around 3000 BCE.
表示“楔形文字”这一书写系统时，cuneiform 是不可数名词，不能加不定冠词 a；汉语说“一种文字”容易让人误加冠词，但英语这里直接用零冠词的 cuneiform。
grammar · medium
易错句子The story was written by cuneiform on a clay tablet.
正确表达The story was written in cuneiform on a clay tablet.
表示“用某种文字或语言书写”时，英语用介词 in，不用 by；by 通常表示动作的执行者。因此“用楔形文字写”应说 written in cuneiform。
cuneiform 特指古代美索不达米亚用芦苇笔在泥板上压出的楔形文字；hieroglyphics 指古埃及以图画式符号刻绘的圣书体。两者都是古代文字系统，但所属文化和书写介质不同，不能互换。
pictogram 指用图画表示事物或概念的单个符号，而 cuneiform 是由大量楔形符号构成的成熟书写系统。可以说 cuneiform 早期源于 pictograms，但不能用 pictogram 指代整个楔形文字体系。
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