proverb  /pr'ɑvɚb/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  proverb
  諺語,格言,箴言(vt.)使成為諺語,用諺語表達

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Proverb \Prov"erb\, n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L.
     proverbium; pro before, for + verbum a word. See {Verb}.]
     1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often
        repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and
        forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of
        experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
        --Chaucer. Bacon.
  
     2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an
        enigma; a parable.
  
              His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
              plainly, and speakest no proverb.     --John xvi.
                                                    29.
  
     3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous
        reference.
  
              Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
              by word, among all nations.           --Deut.
                                                    xxviii. 37.
  
     4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
  
     {Book of Proverbs}, a canonical book of the Old Testament,
        containing a great variety of wise maxims.
  
     Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. t.
     1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
  
              Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --Milton.
  
     2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
  
              I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. --Shak.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. i.
     To write or utter proverbs. [R.]

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  proverb
       n : a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
           fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
           [syn: {adage}, {saw}, {byword}]

資料來源(6): Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]

  Proverb
     a trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus
     rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root
     meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isa.
     14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 12:8. Ahab's
     defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad,
     "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he
     that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial
     saying (1 Kings 20:11).