| 单词 | proverb |
| 释义 | Related topics: Linguisticsprov·erb /ˈprɒvɜːb $ ˈprɑːvɜːrb/ ●●○ noun [countable] SLSAYINGa short well-known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true. ‘A penny saved is a penny earned’ is an example of a proverb. 谚语，格言 → saying► see thesaurus at phraseExamples from the Corpusproverb• A proverb in fact from hell.• She was an encyclopaedia of superstitions and proverbs.• An Irish proverb is relevant here -- 'You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather is.'• Maxims, proverbs, and other forms of folk wisdom give a person reasons for obeying rules.• Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will never hurt us, as the noted proverb has it.• Do you remember this old proverb: 'When poverty comes in the door, love flies out of the window'?• In reply, he quoted a Sanskrit proverb: 'Forgiveness is the ornament of the brave'.• There is as it happens an Anglo-Saxon proverb analogous to Lord Acton's, but still significantly different.• He grinned and then uttered a Swahili proverb.• After frontal damage, the patient may just paraphrase the proverb.Origin proverb (1300-1400) Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium, from verbum “word”prov·erb nounChineseSyllable statement that Corpus something gives or short expresses that a well-known advice |
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