proverbial

proverbial怎么读

英式音标：[prəˈvɜ:biəl]

美式音标：[prəˈvɜrbiəl]

proverbial基本解释

adj. 谚语的；众所周知的；谚语式的

proverbial的意思释义

adj.

谚语的；众所周知的，出名的；已成话柄的；

英英释义

adj.

of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

\"he kicked the proverbial bucket\"; \"the proverbial grasshopper\"

widely known and spoken of

\"her proverbial lateness\"; \"the proverbial absentminded professor\"; \"your proverbial dizzy blonde\"

proverbial用法及例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Wanamaker\'s wasted half is not entirely proverbial.

沃纳梅克的“一半浪费论”并不完全只是一个谚语。

He seems to have 9 lives, like the proverbial cat.

他就像格言中所说的猫一样，似乎有九条命。

He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.

他正是谚语中所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人。

Their hospitality is proverbial.

他们的热情好客人人皆知。

His generosity is proverbial in the neighbourhood.

他的慷慨在这一带是众所周知的。

例句参考

Measuring Facebook\'s Impact on Marketing: The Proverbial Hits the Fan

Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom (Book Review)

Hitting and climbing the proverbial wall: participation and retention issues for Black graduate women

Search for the proverbial mantle osmium sources to the oceans: Hydrothermal alteration of mid-ocean ridge basalt

The proverbial chicken or the egg? Dissection of the role of cell-free hemoglobin versus reactive oxygen species in sickle cell path...

Choosing a long-term controller medication in childhood asthma. The proverbial two-edged sword.

A proverb in mind: The cognitive science of proverbial wit and wisdom : Richard Honeck , Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997, 308 pp

Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire. Johannes Fabian

Ecosystem Health and Sentinel Species: Adding an Ecological Element to the Proverbial “Canary in the Mineshaft”

proverbial词源

proverbial (adj.)

early 15c. (implied in proverbially.), from Late Latin proverbialis \"pertaining to a proverb,\" from proverbium (see proverb).

proverbial相关例句

1.Their generosity is proverbial.

他们的慷慨大度是众所周知的。

2.a proverbial phrase [saying]

谚语,俗话

3.His stupidity is proverbial.

他其蠢无比是人所共知的.