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sibyllic

英['sɪbɪlaɪn] 美['sɪbɪlaɪn]
  • adj.预言的;预言性的;神秘的
sibylic

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;

    "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
    "mantic powers"
    "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"

  2. having a secret or hidden meaning;

    "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"
    "cryptic writings"
    "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"

双语例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. In these sibylline leaves are gathered the scattered prophecies of the past upon the cases in which the axe will fall.
      它们仿佛神秘的预言花瓣,每个花瓣里包裹着基于过去案件的种种预测。

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