proverb
英 [ˈprɒvɜːb]
美 [ˈprɑːvɜːrb]
n. 谚语; 格言
复数：proverbs
BNC.15355 / COCA.12937
牛津词典
noun
- 谚语；格言
a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says sth that is generally true, for example Waste not, want not .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 谚语；俗语；常言
Aproverbis a short sentence that people often quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life.- An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
一句古老的阿拉伯谚语说，“敌人的敌人是朋友。”
- An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
英英释义
noun
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
双语例句
- This is a commonly used proverb in English.
这是一个英语中非常常见的俚语。 - There is a proverb that if a peasant woman has no troubles she will buy a pig.
有这么一个谚语：如果一个农妇没有任何烦恼会买一头小猪。 - He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.
他引用了一个中国谚语，大意是不应对邻居心存恶念之类的。 - This proverb means that when one thing goes wrong, many other things go wrong as well.
这条谚语的意思是如果一件事出了差错接连着很多其他事也都出了差错。 - It has passed into a proverb.
那已成了格言。 - In this connection I remember a proverb.
在这一方面我记得有一句谚语。 - This proverb appears in records of the historian.
这条成语见于《史记》。 - This proverb means that what is said cannot be unsaid.
这条谚语告诉我们：话已经说出了口，就无法再收回。 - Since then, it has become a proverb in the English Language.
自此，这句话就成了一句谚语。 - For this reason, we have an interesting proverb.
基于此种理由，我们有一句有趣的谚语。