sibylline是什么意思
2024-02-09 08:22:17
sibylline
adj. 预言的;预言性的;神秘的
异体字:sibylic
近义词:cryptical,cabalistic,sibyllic,qabalistic,mantic,cryptic,vatical,vatic,divinatory,kabbalistic,
英英释义
Adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priests divinatory pronouncement" "mantic powers" "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
- having a secret or hidden meaning;
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone" "cryptic writings" "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- In these sibylline leaves are gathered the scattered prophecies of the past upon the cases in which the axe will fall.它们仿佛神秘的预言花瓣,每个花瓣里包裹着基于过去案件的种种预测。