sibylline

英 ['sɪbɪlaɪn] 美 ['sɪbɪlaɪn]

• adj. 预言的；预言性的；神秘的

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. In these sibylline leaves are gathered the scattered prophecies of the past upon the cases in which the axe will fall.
   它们仿佛神秘的预言花瓣，每个花瓣里包裹着基于过去案件的种种预测。

经典引文

• For all her sibylline grandeur, Georgina remained an aunt.

  出自： E. Bowen

• His Sibylline whisper would change to a louder note.

  出自： P. Ackroyd

近反义词

【近义词】

• cryptical 秘密的
• cabalistic 神妙的
• sibyllic sibylline的异体...
• qabalistic 卡巴拉的
• mantic 预言的
• cryptic 隐秘的
• vatical vatic的异体字...
• vatic 预言的
• divinatory 占卦的
• kabbalistic 卡巴拉的