單詞
soothsayer
英 ['su?θse??]
美
基本信息
- n. 算命者；預(yù)言者
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?soothsayers;
中文詞源
soothsayer 占卜者，預(yù)言家
sooth,真實(shí)，事實(shí)，-say,說，-er,人。即說出事實(shí)真相的人，引申詞義占卜者，預(yù)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(shí)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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