sibyl
n. 女巫, 女算命者, 女预言家
发音
US
/ˈsɪ.bəl/
词形变化
sibyls
复数
sibyls
别名
Sybill
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
I used to read these tales in Homer when I was a lad. Then the Sibyl! I saw her at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys cried to her, ‘Sibyl, what would you?' she'd answer, ‘I would die,'-- both of ‘em speaking Greek."
词汇关系
词源
From Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).
来源：wiktionary