词族 · proverbial
派生词
中文词源
proverbial 谚语的，众所周知的
来自proverb,谚语。比喻用法。
英语词源
- proverbial (adj.)
- early 15c. (implied in proverbially.), from Late Latin proverbialis "pertaining to a proverb," from proverbium (see proverb).
权威例句
- 1. My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.
- 我的观众当然不是街上的平头百姓。
- 2. His mastery of the French language was proverbial.
- 他对法语的精通是众所周知的。
- 3. He had the proverbial solidity of the English.
- 他身上有着典型的英格兰人的端正品行。
- 4. Let's not count our proverbial chickens.
- 我们还是不要过分乐观。
- 5. The idea has acquired a proverbial currency.
- 这一思想已像格言一样广为流传.