8. Linen and cotton paper, which the Europeans learned about from the Chinese through the Arabians, replaced parchment and papyrus from the twelfth century on.
从12世纪以来,欧洲通过阿拉伯人,从中国学来了制造麻纸和棉纸以代替羊皮纸和草片纸。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. The word paper, in fact, is derived from the word papyrus.
实际上,纸这个词(paper)就是由纸莎草"papyrus"引伸而来。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
10. Since papyrus dries up and crumble, very few documents of ancient Egypt have survived.