| 单词 | oracle |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['ɔrəkl] |
| 解释 | n.代神发布神谕的人 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 代神发布神谕的人(an y person or agency believed to be incommunication with a deity) 【记】 ora(嘴)+acle→作为( 神的)嘴巴; 【同】 参考：oral(口头的) |
| 字源 | oracle (n.) late 14c., "a message from a god, expressed by divine inspiration," from Old French oracle "temple, house of prayer; oracle" (12c.) and directly from Latin oraculum "divine announcement, oracle; place where oracles are given," from orare "pray, plead" (see orator), with material instrumental suffix -culo-. In antiquity, "the agency or medium of a god," also "the place where such divine utterances were given." This sense is attested in English from c.1400. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 先知(具有明智意见或先知见解的人) 【记】ora说, acle一提前说出－先知(区: ore(n 矿石); roe(n 鱼卵))源于: 美国ORACLE公司, 主要生产数据库产品, 因为是先知, 所以经营较好. 【参】oral(adj 口头的); oration(n 演讲); oratorio(n 宗教清唱剧); 【类】mentor: guidance = oracle: prophecy导师指导先知预言 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ora- 说；Oracle 著名数据库软件制造商，也翻译为甲骨文，取自古代用oracle 甲骨卜卦预测神的启示的意思；电影Matrix(黑客帝国)中叫Oracle的女人是个预言者 【相关】oral 口头的 |
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