Proverbial
[prə'vɜːbɪəl] or [prə'vɝbɪəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) widely known and spoken of; 'her proverbial lateness'; 'the proverbial absentminded professor'; 'your proverbial dizzy blonde' .
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; 'he kicked the proverbial bucket'; 'the proverbial grasshopper' .
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解釋/意思:
(a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
(a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Notorious, current, acknowledged, unquestioned
ANT:Dubious, unfounded, suspicious, suspected, questionable
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例句/造句/用法:
- His facility in making hasty but intensely graphic sketches is proverbial. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He was the youngest of thirteen children, and his parents were as poor as the proverbial church mice. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The proverbial separation of town and gown, the cultivation of academic seclusion, operate in this direction. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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