时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  人们总是对神秘的占卜者和预言家心存敬畏,因为他们可能会说出你不知道的东西,或者事情的真相。对了,他们就叫做soothsayer。


  Sooth是一个比较古老的单词,最早出现在古英语中,源于印欧语系里表示“to be”的词根,和truth一样表示“真实,真相”。Soothsayer出现在1340年左右,当时仅表示“说出真相的人”。到了14世纪晚期,soothsayer的含义逐渐拓展,表示“预言家,占卜者,先知”。


  与之相关的还有一个动词soothe,表示“使平息;抚慰;使缓和”。公元950年左右,soothe表示“证明某事为真”。到了16世纪,sooth有了“在辩论中站在某人一边,肯定并鼓励其行为”的意义。17世纪,soothe才有了今天的含义。


  与soothsayer(占卜者)相似的词语还有fortune teller(算命者)和psychic(通灵者)。


 









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