• adj. 楔形的；楔形文字的；楔狀骨的
• n. 楔形文字；楔狀骨

cunei-,楔子，詞源同cone.form,形狀。

cuneiform (adj.)

1670s, "wedge shaped," from French cunéiforme (16c.), from Latin cuneus "a wedge, wedge-shaped thing," which is of unknown origin, + French -forme (see form (n.)). Applied to characters in ancient Middle Eastern inscriptions made with wedge-shaped writing tools; first used in this sense by German physician and traveler Engelbert K?mpfer (1681-1716); in English from 1818. As a noun from 1862.

1. The cuneiform script is a great invention by the Sumerians.

楔形文字是蘇美爾人的一大發(fā)明.

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2. B.C. Cuneiform first used by Sumerians in present - day Iraq for economic records.

公元前3500年,生活在現(xiàn)在伊拉克地區(qū)的閃族人首先使用楔形文字記錄經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng).

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3. With the cultural dissemination, other ethnic groups in west Asia and southwest Asia adopted cuneiform.

楔形文字傳播的地區(qū)主要在西亞和西南亞.

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