vates

(vate 的第三人称 -s形式) abbr. vetsatile automatic test equipment 通用自动测试设备

发音

其它 /ˈveɪtiz/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.

相关短语

sacer vates

词源

From Latin vātēs, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, possessed”); cognate with Proto-Celtic *wātis (“seer”) (Gaulish ουατεις, Old Irish fáith, Welsh gwawd) and Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“mad”) (Old English wōd (“mad, frenzied”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds, “possessed, mad”), Old High German wuot (“mad, madness”). More at wood (“crazy, mad, insane”) and wode.

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