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·Once you become used to the Perl idioms, many of the special variables are known to you, but for someone learning Perl, trying to read a Perl program is like trying to decipher hieroglyphics.
一旦您习惯于perl术语，您就会知道许多特殊变量，但对于一些正在学perl的人来说，试图读Perl程序就像试图解密象形文字。
3·The hieroglyphics record a probable case of breast cancer: “a bulging tumor . . . like touching a ball of wrappings.”
这些象形文字记录了一个可能是乳腺癌的病例：“隆起的肿瘤……摸上去像是一个包装纸团”。
4·Down a few stairs was a huge stone slab carved with mysterious designs and hieroglyphics.
往下走几级梯子，有一块巨大的石板，上面刻着神秘的图案和象形文字。
5·Mayan hieroglyphics in the Dresden Codex.
在德累斯顿抄本玛雅象形文字。