English Dictionary

hieroglyphic

/ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/

noun

(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus

The archaeologist discovered a hieroglyphic on the ancient wall.

意味（1）

(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus

意味（2）

Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.

I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible of the charms that pleased a king. She looked, Lady Mary Wortley said, like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold.

意味（3）

(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.

Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.