| 词汇 | example_english_wax-tablet |
| 释义 | wax tabletcollocation in Englishmeanings of waxand tabletThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with tablet. wax noun uk /wæks/ us /wæks/ a solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts ... See more at wax tablet noun[C] uk /ˈtæb.lət/ us /ˈtæb.lət/ a small, solid piece ... See more at tablet Examples of wax tabletThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Unfortunately, direct archaeological evidence in the form of an extant waxtablet bearing musical notation is thus far lacking. This passage does, at least, further associate waxtablet technology with those who performed musical functions. Renier's piece could scarcely be improved upon as an explicit statement of the use of a waxtablet for composing music. The waxtablet is here considered alongside other media which use visual symbols to transmit music, and is declared no more inadequate to that task than the parchment codex. There are almost no technological grounds to withhold wax tablets from the hands of composers of polyphony anytime from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. There has been some restoration to the tablets, but the features characteristic of wax tablets appear attested from original portions. Wax tablets contain the original inspiration, the beginning of literary composition, of which the bound volume is the end product. Court records and notes were written on wax tablets, while important documents were written on papyrus or parchment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wax tablets were used for a variety of purposes, from taking down students' or secretaries' notes to recording business accounts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Complex designs were planned out beforehand, probably on wax tablets, the sketch pad of the era. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His figures and perhaps diagrams were recorded on wax tablets, later to be written up on scrolls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The teacher read ("legere" was synonymous with "docere") while the pupils took down his dictation in their wax tablets (parchment was too expensive). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wax tablets were used for high-volume business records of transient importance until the 19th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wax tablets were in common use then as reusable writing surfaces, sometimes used for shorthand. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This exhibition was thoroughly reorganized and expanded in 2007, adding most prominently some recently discovered late medieval wax tablets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wax tablets were used as writing surfaces. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, wax tablets being coated with wax on inner faces, for recording notes and for measuring time and direction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of wax Go to the definition of tablet See other collocations with tablet |
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