John the Baptist

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others. figuratively
    — […] and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.”
专有名词
  1. A prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
    — In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea, And saying, Repent yee: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.

词源

词源 1
From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, calqued from Latin Iōannēs Baptista.
词源 2
From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, calqued from Latin Iōannēs Baptista.
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