proverb 音标拼音: [pr'ɑvɚb]
n . 谚语,格言,箴言
vt . 使成为谚语,用谚语表达
谚语,格言,箴言使成为谚语,用谚语表达
proverb n 1 :
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [
synonym : {
proverb }, {
adage }, {
saw }, {
byword }]
Proverb \
Prov "
erb \,
n . [
OE .
proverbe ,
F .
proverbe ,
from L .
proverbium ;
pro before ,
for verbum a word .
See {
Verb }.]
1 .
An old and common saying ;
a phrase which is often repeated ;
especially ,
a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth ,
or the result of experience and observation ;
a maxim ;
a saw ;
an adage .
--
Chaucer .
Bacon .
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2 .
A striking or paradoxical assertion ;
an obscure saying ;
an enigma ;
a parable .
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His disciples said unto him ,
Lo ,
now speakest thou plainly ,
and speakest no proverb . --
John xvi .
29 .
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3 .
A familiar illustration ;
a subject of contemptuous reference .
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Thou shalt become an astonishment ,
a proverb ,
and a by word ,
among all nations . --
Deut .
xxviii .
37 .
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4 .
A drama exemplifying a proverb .
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{
Book of Proverbs },
a canonical book of the Old Testament ,
containing a great variety of wise maxims .
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Syn :
Maxim ;
aphorism ;
apothegm ;
adage ;
saw .
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Proverb \
Prov "
erb \,
v .
t .
1 .
To name in ,
or as ,
a proverb . [
R .]
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Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --
Milton .
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2 .
To provide with a proverb . [
R .]
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I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase . --
Shak .
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Proverb \
Prov "
erb \,
v .
i .
To write or utter proverbs . [
R .]
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
proverb ":
adage ,
ana ,
analects ,
aphorism ,
apophthegm ,
apothegm ,
axiom ,
bromide ,
byword ,
catchword ,
cliche ,
coin a phrase ,
collected sayings ,
commonplace ,
current saying ,
dictate ,
dictum ,
distich ,
epigram ,
expression ,
gnome ,
golden saying ,
homily ,
maxim ,
moral ,
mot ,
motto ,
oracle ,
phrase ,
pithy saying ,
platitude ,
precept ,
prescript ,
proverbial saying ,
proverbs ,
saw ,
saying ,
sentence ,
sententious expression ,
sloka ,
stock saying ,
sutra ,
teaching ,
text ,
truism ,
verse ,
wisdom ,
wisdom literature ,
wise saying ,
witticism ,
word ,
words of wisdom
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