proverb
英 [ˈprɒvɜːb]
美 [ˈprɑːvɜːrb]
n. 谚语; 格言
复数：proverbs
BNC.15355 / COCA.12937
牛津词典
noun
- 谚语；格言
a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says sth that is generally true, for example Waste not, want not .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 谚语；俗语；常言
Aproverbis a short sentence that people often quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life.- An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
一句古老的阿拉伯谚语说，“敌人的敌人是朋友。”
- An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
英英释义
noun
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
双语例句
- It has passed into a proverb.
那已成了格言。 - There is a proverb that if a peasant woman has no troubles she will buy a pig.
有这么一个谚语：如果一个农妇没有任何烦恼会买一头小猪。 - What is the sense of this proverb?
经他一解说，这个运动的意义就更清楚了。 - This proverb appears in records of the historian.
这条成语见于《史记》。 - This proverb means that what is said cannot be unsaid.
这条谚语告诉我们：话已经说出了口，就无法再收回。 - In this connection I remember a proverb.
在这一方面我记得有一句谚语。 - The second half of that proverb will hold no longer.
这句谚语的后半句不再有用了。 - He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.
他引用了一个中国谚语，大意是不应对邻居心存恶念之类的。 - I was reminded of an old Chinese proverb I had read.
我想起中国古代的一句谚语。 - Do you know the proverb about money?
你知道这个有关“钱”的谚语吗？