单词:soothsayer
音标:['su:θseiә] ;
n. 预言者, 占卜者, 预测未来者, 螳螂
n someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
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soothsayer的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- A soothsayer in my village says I'll find a sword.村里的一个占卜者说,我会找到一把剑。
经典引文
A soothsayer revealed..that they would never defeat the Trojans without..Philoctetes.
出自:P. Lomas
【近义词】
- fortuneteller算命者
- charmer魔术师;巫师...
- prophet预言者
- interpreter口译员
- fortune-teller算命者
- oracle神谕
- seer预言者
- astrologer占星家
- clairvoyant千里眼的
- mystic神秘的
- forecaster(天气)预报员...
- prognosticator预言者
- predictor预言者
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