sibylline
a. 女巫的, 预言性的
发音
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/ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/
词形变化
sibyllines
复数
别名
sybilline
释义与例句
n.
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One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
adj.
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Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
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2.
Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
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3.
Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Occult, mysterious.
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4.
Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
词汇关系
词源
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
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