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美:[ˈsuθˌseɚ]
英:[ˈsu:θseɪə(r)]
美:[ˈsuθˌseɚ]
sooth·say·er
suth seI r
复数:soothsayers
词根:soothsayer
n.soothsaying 预言;占卜
v.soothsaying 预言(soothsay的ing形式)
14世纪中期, soth-seier,也称为 zoþ ziggere(肯特语),意为“说真话的人,坦诚的顾问”(现已过时); 14世纪后期, sothseggere,意为“算命师,声称能预言未来的人”; 参见 sooth 和 say。
The first known use of soothsayer was in the 14th century
sophisticate1 of 2verb
to cause to become sophisticated
sophisticate2 of 2noun
a sophisticated person
sophistnoun
one who argues by the use of sophisms
sophismnoun
a misleading argument that seems reasonable
sop1 of 2noun
chiefly dialect a piece of food dipped or soaked in a liquid (as bread dipped in milk or gravy)
a bribe or gift for soothing or winning approval
sop2 of 2verb
to soak or dip in or as if in liquid
to wet thoroughly
to mop or soak up
sopping up gravy with bread
sootyadjective
of, relating to, or producing soot
sooty fires
soiled with soot
sooty buildings
of the color of soot
sooty birds
sootnoun
a black powder formed when something is burnedespecially: the fine powder consisting chiefly of carbon that colors smoke
sootyadjective
of, relating to, or producing soot
sooty fires
soiled with soot
sooty buildings
of the color of soot
sooty birds
sootyadjective
of, relating to, or producing soot
sooty fires
soiled with soot
sooty buildings
of the color of soot
sooty birds
soothsayernoun
a person who claims to foretell events
1 He learned in this way the art of divination as no one ever had, and he became a famous soothsayer.
2 2 the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder.
除掉勇士,和战士,审判官,和先知,占卜的,和长老。
3 I wondered if somewhere down deep within me, I really was a soothsayer—even if only the first parts of the sentences were the same.
4 Known as a clutch shooter with a soothsayer’s knack for reading the action before it fully developed, Perez finished high school as one of the best players in Arizona.
5 The writing team behind “Orange Is the New Black” must seem like soothsayers to some people, but no.
6 Political soothsayers also tend to forget that Trump may be spending considerable time early in the year scowling in courtrooms with the possibility of multiple guilty verdicts hovering over the campaign.
7 Still, it doesn’t hurt to try, and a network of awards consultants and statuette soothsayers are paid to help movies make the cut.
8 Soothsayer Tang enters in tattered shoes, wearing a very long and very filthy cotton gown, some scraps of paper tucked behind one ear.
唐铁嘴踏拉着鞋,身穿一件极长极脏的大布衫,耳上夹着几张小纸片,进来。
9 Recent events have not only repeatedly stumped the soothsayers of the news media but have also exceeded the capacities of a culture industry devoted to the wholesale manufacture of satire, spectacle and fantasy.
10 But we agree that she was a truth teller, a soothsayer.
11 A soothsayer in my village says I'll find a sword.
村里的一个占卜者说,我会找到一把剑。
12 People in Guatemala watched their soothsayer's leg; if the leg muscles twitched, the future looked bright.
危地马拉人算命时眼睛盯着占卜者的左腿: 如果右腿的肌肉颤动, 那就表示前途光明.
13 When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical.
14 In Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” a soothsayer warns Antony that his destiny cannot prosper when he is near Caesar.
15 The streets clamored with cowboys, fortune seekers, bootleggers, soothsayers, medicine men, outlaws, U.S. marshals, New York financiers, and oil magnates.
16 If you survey the dining landscape today, you might wonder whether the “Bizarre Foods” host moonlights as a soothsayer.
17 This year's decorative theme is myths and legends, apt for a place whose streets have known such real-life characters as famed soothsayer Mother Shipton and Robert the Hermit.
18 Caesar misconstrued What the soothsayer had said: “Flee market today.”
19 Bird bones have also been used in divination throughout history, with a supposed soothsayer throwing the bones and reading their patterns to predict the future.
历史上鸟骨也常用于占卜,一个假定的占卜者扔下骨头,然后以骨头落地的形状来预测未来。
20 You can pose any question you like and be sure to receive an answer, wrapped in the authority of the algorithm rather than the soothsayer.