an ancient document from which some or all of the original text has been removed and replaced by a new text 再生羊皮纸卷，重写羊皮书卷（全部或部分原有文字被刮去，在上面另行书写） - (formal)
something that has many different layers of meaning or detail 具有多重意义的事物；多层次的东西 a study of the novel as a palimpsest with one textual layer over another 将小说作为重写本进行研究，将一个文本层置于另一个之上
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin ‘again’ + psēstos ‘rubbed smooth’.