prophecy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɒfɪsi/    美 /ˈpɹɑfɪsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. countable,uncountable
    — French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
  2. The public interpretation of Scripture. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of prophesy. alt-of,alternative,dated
    — […] think of the kind pains you took to reason and persuade me out of my fears, convince me that I should like it after a little while, and feel how right you proved to be, I am inclined to hope you may always prophecy as well.

词形变化

prophecies plural prophecie alternative,obsolete prophesy alternative,obsolete prophecies present,singular,third-person prophecying participle,present prophecied participle,past prophecied past

词汇关系

衍生词
counterprophecy propheciographer prophecize self-defeating prophecy self-fulfilling prophecy
相关词
prophesy prophet prophetation prophetic prophetically propheticism propheticly prophetocracy prophetry

词源

From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītgung. Doublet of prophesy.
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