【proverb】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

词源(Etymology)

From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.

发音(Pronunciation)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒvɜːb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑːvɝːb/

• Audio (US)

名词(Noun)

proverb (plural proverbs)

1. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
   • Bible, John xvi. 29

     His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
   • Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 37

     Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations.

4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.

同义词(Synonyms)

• (phrase expressing a basic truth): adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, saying, sententia
• See also Thesaurus:saying

衍生词(Derived terms)

翻译(Translations)

动词(Verb)

proverb (third-person singular simple present proverbs, present participle proverbing, simple past and past participle proverbed)

1. To write or utter proverbs.
2. To name in, or as, a proverb.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203-205:

     Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"

3. To provide with a proverb.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.

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• Category:English proverbs

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Romanian

词源(Etymology)

Borrowed from Latin proverbium, French proverbe.

名词(Noun)

proverb n (plural proverbe)

1. saying, proverb, maxim
2. (dated) proverb (drama exemplifying a proverb)

变化形式(Declension)

同义词(Synonyms)

• (saying): parimie, zicală, zicătoare