| 释义 |
proverb/ˈprɒvɜ:b/n. 1 a short pithy saying in general use, held to embody a general truth 谚语；俗语 2 a person or thing that is notorious 众所周知的人(或物) he is a proverb for inaccuracy 他粗枝大叶是有名的 3 (作 Proverbs or Book of Proverbs) a didactic poetic Old Testament book of maxims attributed to Solomon and others 《箴言》(《圣经·旧约》中的一卷书) [Middle English from Old French proverbe or Latin proverbium (as PRO-1, verbum ‘word’)] |