单词 | proverb |
释义 | proverb /'provxb; 'pravb/ n 1 popular short saying, with words of advice or warning, eg lt takes two to make a quarrel'. 诚语; 格言 (如个巴掌拍不响') 。 2 (the Book of) P~s, one of the books of the Old Testament. (售约的) 箴言 (书) 。 3 sb or sth so well known that he/it has become notorious: 恶名远播的人或事; 话柄; 笑柄: He is a ~ for meanness. 他因卑鄙而恶名远播。 His meanness is a ~. 他的卑鄙尽入皆知。~ /prs-'vxbial; pra'vbial/ adj 1 of or expressed in a ~: 谚语的; 格击的; 用谚语表达 - sayings/wisdom. 谚语 (格言所表示的智慧) 。 2 widely known and talked about; admitted by everyone: 众所周知的; 大家公认的: His stupidity is ~ial 他的愚蠢是众所周知的。 ~i 呵 ly adv He is Tally stupid. 他是出名地愚蠢。 |
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