diviner

n. 占卜者, 推测者, 预言者

发音

UK /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/
CA /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/
US /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/
AU /dɪˈvɑɪnə(ɹ)/

词形变化

diviners 复数 diviners

别名

devynour divinour divinor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who foretells the future.

  2. 2.

    One who divines or conjectures.

  3. 3.

    One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

adj.
  1. 1.

    comparative form of divine: more divine

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

visionary seer illusionist

下位词 10

prophet oracle seer necromancer dowser geomancer hydromancer oneiromancer prophesier pyromancer

相关短语

water diviner

词源

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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