hieroglyphics

[语] 象形文字；难以辨认或理解的文字（hieroglyphic的复数形式）英释中释npictures and symbols used to represent words or parts of words, especially in the ancient Egyptian writing system

1 The power behind much of this automation is the regular expression, a veritable set of hieroglyphics to find, match, and decompose strings..实现这种自动化主要依靠正则表达式，它是用来查找、匹配和分解字符串的一组真正的象形文字。

2 Thereare 23 symbols in each form of Meroitic. In that respect it resembles amodern alphabet - unlike Egyptian hieroglyphics, which use hundreds ofsymbols..和拥有上百个字符的埃及象形文字不同的是，麦罗埃文只有23个字符，这和现代字母表很相像。