sibylline

sibylline读音音标

英[ˈsɪbɪlaɪn]

美[ˈsɪbəˌlaɪn, -ˌlin]

基本意思释义

adj.女预言家的; 来自女预言家的; 神谕的; 预言的

英英释义

Adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;

\"the high priest\'s divinatory pronouncement\"

\"mantic powers\"

\"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions\"

2. having a secret or hidden meaning;

\"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone\"

\"cryptic writings\"

\"thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements\"- John Gunther