| 单词 | oracular |
| 释义 | oracular adjective formaluk/ɒrˈæk.jə.lər/us/ɔːrˈæk.jə.lɚ/mysteriousanddifficulttounderstand, butprobablywise: 神谕似的，天书般的，晦涩难懂的an oracularstatement晦涩难懂的话 Difficult to understand
Examplesoforacularoracular The existence of multipleoracularsources of legitimacy meant that a claim of divine right could always be challenged. From theCambridge English Corpus A case is made that the masks originally served as the faces oforacularmortuary bundles. From theCambridge English Corpus To say culturally that they are created by divine fiat, means socially that they are created through the politics of temple control andoracularreadings. From theCambridge English Corpus Otheroraculardeities took a little more time to administer punishment. From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern establishes a symbol of open, multilayered space and a solemnity suitable to the poem'soraculardelivery. From theCambridge English Corpus Headrick could have made it possible for one individual, or a small group of individuals, to easily control admittance to theoracularmor tuarybundle ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a constellation of traits suggests that the statue personifiedoracularpowers, the propitiation of which required covenants with humans in the form of prayers and offerings. From theCambridge English Corpus Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities : it endangers theiroracularauthority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed edifice might collapse. From theCambridge English Corpus Headrick could have made it possible for one individual, or a small group of individuals, to easily control admittance to theoracularmortuarybundle ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Its language is at some points a littleoracular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what that ratheroracularstatement means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On thatoracularnote we must pass on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I want strongly to object to the neworacularpowers which he has taken upon himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All he did was to make anoracularstatement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is anoracularstatement, if ever there was one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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