單詞
soothsayer
英 ['su?θse??]
美
基本信息
- n. 算命者；預言者
詞態變化
復數:?soothsayers;
中文詞源
soothsayer 占卜者，預言家
sooth,真實，事實，-say,說，-er,人。即說出事實真相的人，引申詞義占卜者，預言家。
英文詞源
- soothsayer (n.)
- mid-14c., zot ziggere (Kentish), "one who speaks truth,;" late 14c., sothseggere, "fortune-teller;" see sooth + say. Old English had soesagu "act of speaking the truth."
雙語例句
- 1. People in Guatemala watched their soothsayer's leg; if the leg muscles twitched, the future looked bright.
- 危地馬拉人算命時眼睛盯著占卜者的左腿: 如果右腿的肌肉顫動, 那就表示前途光明.
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