1842, in reference to the Slavic alphabet, from St. Cyril, 9c. apostle of the Slavs, who supposedly invented it. The alphabet replaced earlier Glagolitic. The name Cyril is Late Latin Cyrillus, from Greek Kyrillos, literally "lordly, masterful," related to kyrios "lord, master" (see church).
实用例句
1. This is a letter in Cyrillic script.
这是西里尔文字.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. LINKAGE software ( 5.10 Version ) and CYRILLIC software ( 2.02 Version ) were used for linkage and haplotype analyses.
