Oracle
['ɒrək(ə)l] or ['ɔrəkl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a shrine where an oracular god is consulted.
(noun.) a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible.
贾尔斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.
(n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.
(n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.
(n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
(n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
(n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
(n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
(v. i.) To utter oracles.
伊莉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Divine communication.[2]. (Jewish History.) Sanctuary, Holy of Holies.[3]. (Greek History.) Deity or god (from whom divine communications come).[4]. Sage, prophet, Solomon, Nestor, wise man, master mind, shining light.
詹妮校對
解釋/意思:
n. the answer spoken or uttered by the gods: the place where responses were given and the deities supposed to give them: a person famed for wisdom: a wise decision: (B.) the sanctuary: (pl.) the revelations made to the prophets: the word of God.—adj. Orac′ular delivering oracles: resembling oracles: grave: venerable: not to be disputed: ambiguous: obscure—also Orac′ulous.—ns. Oracular′ity Orac′ularness.—adv. Orac′ularly.
校對:塞勒斯特
例句/造句/用法:
- By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasure of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Fanny was her oracle. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Verily, Socrates, said Glaucon, you describe the life of the many like an oracle. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- She looks up to him as an oracle now, and by-and-by she will be at the other extreme. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He called it his oracle, and said, it pointed out the time for every action of his life. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There was no oracle at Delphi now to tell him that he was destined to destroy a great empire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- One came, but that one was an oracle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- We can tolerate the Oracle very easily, but we have a poet and a good-natured enterprising idiot on board, and they do distress the company. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Delphi was particularly famous for its oracle. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How shall we interpret the oracle, you and I and the old intriguer? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- About each birthday the spirit moves me to deliver one oracle respecting my own instruction and management. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He travelled four hundred miles to the remote oasis of the oracle of Ammon. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Well, them fellows have all tackled the old Oracle, as they say, but the old man's most too many for 'em. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And presently the Oracle stepped out with his eternal spy-glass and squared himself on the deck like another Colossus of Rhodes. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- An ancient land in ancient oracles Is called law-thirsty: all the struggle there Was after order and a perfect rule. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The heathen mythology, the Sybilline oracles, the myths of Plato, the dreams of Neo-Platonists are equally regarded by him as matter of fact. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The prophets danced, it would seem, somewhat after the Dervish fashion, and uttered oracles. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- All oracles were at the tombs of Heroes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- All she questioned responded by oracles. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But Greece, like most of the Eastern world in the thousand years B.C., was much addicted to consulting _oracles_ or soothsayers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He then made trial of the various oracles. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If they are true oracles, it is good never to fall in love. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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