oracle meaning in English
n.
1.天启，神谕；(古希腊的)神谕宣示所。
2.【宗教】神殿；(古犹太神神殿的)至圣所。
3.神使，先知，预言者；大智者；〔常谑〕圣人，哲人。
4. 预言；圣言，名言；善断，聪明的判断。
5.〔pl.〕基督教《圣经》。
短语和例子
Examples
- This oracle was still flourishing in 332 b.c .
这个神示殿在公元前332年依然很兴旺。 - The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal .
古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。 - The people were much puzzled by this answer of the oracle .
大家对神使的回答感到非常惶惑。 - They sought the woods, and revolved the oracle in their minds .
他们躲进树林，苦苦思索着神谕的含义。 - The sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle was irreparably lost .
西比尔不会把它们恢复原状，神谕便无可弥补地丢失了。