Sibyl



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.女预言家, 女先知
• ［英］ n.女预言家, 女先知 ( a female prophet)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often capitalized
• Etymology: Middle English sibile, sybylle, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French sibile, from Latin sibylla, from Greek
• Date: 14th century
• 1. any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
• 2.
  • a. prophetess
  • b. fortune-teller
• ? sibylic or sibyllic adjective
• ? sibylline adjective

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