| 正面 | 13352.proverb 英 ['prɒvɜːb]美 ['prɑvɝb]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. parabole, parabola => parable.2. literally "a throwing beside, put beside" hence "a juxtaposition, compare, comparison".3. 将其放在旁边作为对比，于是就引申为“比喻”。所谓比喻、比喻，显然是因比而喻，也就是因比较、对比相似事物而形成比喻，因此没有比较就没有比喻。n. 谚语，格言；众所周知的人或事 例句： 1. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.--African Proverb要走得快，就一个人走；要走得远，就一起走。--非洲谚语 proverb 谚语，格言pro-,向前，-verb,说，词源同verbal.引申词义谚语，格言等。 proverbproverb: [14] Latin prōverbium meant literally ‘set of words put forth’ – that is, ‘commonly uttered’. It was a compound formed from the prefix prō- ‘forth’ and verbum ‘word’ (source of English verb, verbal, etc). English acquired it via Old French proverbe.=> adverb, verb, verbal, wordproverb (n.)c. 1300, in boke of Prouerbyys, the Old Testament work, from Old French proverbe (12c.) and directly from Latin proverbium "a common saying, old adage, maxim," literally "words put forward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + verbum "word" (see verb). Used generally from late 14c. The Book of Proverbs in Old English was cwidboc, from cwide "speech, saying, proverb, homily," related to cwiddian "to talk, speak, say, discuss;" cwiddung "speech, saying, report."" |