sibylline

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books. not-comparable
    — Cleopatra immediately comes down to the chair of state; seizes Ptolemy and drags him out of his seat; then takes his place in the chair. Ftatateeta seats herself on the step of the loggia, and sits there, watching the scene with sybilline intensity.
  2. Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.; Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant. broadly,not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.; Occult, mysterious. broadly,not-comparable
  4. Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.) not-comparable

词形变化

sybilline alternative,misspelling sibyllines plural sybilline alternative,misspelling

词源

词源 1
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
词源 2
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
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