oracle
oracle 英 [ˈɒrəkl] 美 [ˈɔrəkl]
n. 神谕；女祭司，权威
名词复数:oracles
- Back in ancient times, an oracle was someone who offered advice or a prophecy thought to have come directly from a divine source. In modern usage, any good source of information can be called an oracle.
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- n. 神谕；女祭司，权威
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1. They consulted the oracle at Delphi.
他们在德尔斐神示所向神请示。
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2. My sister's the oracle on investment matters.
我姐姐是个万无一失的投资顾问。
- oracle (n.) late 14c., "a message from a god, expressed by divine inspiration," from Old French oracle "temple, house of prayer; oracle" (12c.) and directly from Latin oraculum "divine announcement, oracle; place where oracles are given," from orare "pray, plead" (see orator), with material instrumental suffix -culo-. In antiquity, "the agency or medium of a god," also "the place where such divine utterances were given." This sense is attested in English from c. 1400.
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