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proverb    音标拼音: [pr'ɑvɚb]
n. 谚语,格言,箴言
vt. 使成为谚语,用谚语表达

谚语,格言,箴言使成为谚语,用谚语表达

proverb
n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[synonym: {proverb}, {adage}, {saw}, {byword}]

Proverb \Prov"erb\, n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L.
proverbium; pro before, for verbum a word. See {Verb}.]
1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often
repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and
forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of
experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
--Chaucer. Bacon.
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2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an
enigma; a parable.
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His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi.
29.
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3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous
reference.
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Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
by word, among all nations. --Deut.
xxviii. 37.
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4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
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{Book of Proverbs}, a canonical book of the Old Testament,
containing a great variety of wise maxims.
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Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. t.
1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
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Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --Milton.
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2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
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I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. --Shak.
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. i.
To write or utter proverbs. [R.]
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "proverb":
adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, axiom,
bromide, byword, catchword, cliche, coin a phrase,
collected sayings, commonplace, current saying, dictate, dictum,
distich, epigram, expression, gnome, golden saying, homily, maxim,
moral, mot, motto, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, platitude,
precept, prescript, proverbial saying, proverbs, saw, saying,
sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra,
teaching, text, truism, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature,
wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom


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