proverbial

英式音标：[prəˈvɜ:biəl]

美式音标：[prəˈvɜrbiəl]

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概况：

adj. 谚语的；众所周知的；谚语式的

词义：

adj.

谚语的；众所周知的，出名的；已成话柄的；

英英释义

proverbial[ prəu'və:bjəl ]

adj.

of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

"he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"

widely known and spoken of

"her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Wanamaker's wasted half is not entirely proverbial.
沃纳梅克的“一半浪费论”并不完全只是一个谚语。

He seems to have 9 lives, like the proverbial cat.
他就像格言中所说的猫一样，似乎有九条命。

He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.
他正是谚语中所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人。

Their hospitality is proverbial.
他们的热情好客人人皆知。

His generosity is proverbial in the neighbourhood.
他的慷慨在这一带是众所周知的。

权威例句

Proverbial Understanding in a Pictorial Context

Measuring Facebook's Impact on Marketing: The Proverbial Hits the Fan

Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom (Book Review)

Hitting and climbing the proverbial wall: participation and retention issues for Black graduate women

Search for the proverbial mantle osmium sources to the oceans: Hydrothermal alteration of mid-ocean ridge basalt

The proverbial chicken or the egg? Dissection of the role of cell-free hemoglobin versus reactive oxygen species in sickle cell path...

Choosing a long-term controller medication in childhood asthma. The proverbial two-edged sword.

A proverb in mind: The cognitive science of proverbial wit and wisdom : Richard Honeck , Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997, 308 pp

Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire. Johannes Fabian

Ecosystem Health and Sentinel Species: Adding an Ecological Element to the Proverbial “Canary in the Mineshaft”

同义词：well-known,confessed

同根词：proverbially,proverb

英语词源：

proverbial (adj.)

early 15c. (implied in proverbially.), from Late Latin proverbialis "pertaining to a proverb," from proverbium (see proverb).

造句：

1. Their generosity is proverbial.

他们的慷慨大度是众所周知的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. a proverbial phrase [saying]

谚语,俗话

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. His stupidity is proverbial.

他其蠢无比是人所共知的.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4. His generosity is proverbial.

他的慷慨是众所周知的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. proverbial sayings, wisdom

谚语、 谚语表达的智慧

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. His punctuality has become proverbial.

他的准时，众所周知。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考

7. her proverbial lateness; the proverbial absentiminded professor; your proverbial dizzy blonde.

她的众所周知的迟到；公认的心不在焉的教授；公认的金发碧眼的女人。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

8. A proverbial expression;a proverb.

俗谚类似于谚语的表达方式；谚语

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

民间谚语与谚语短语

-- 来源 -- 英汉非文学 - 民俗 - minsu_minjianyanyuduanyu

10. The jealousy of wives is proverbial.

太太们的善妒是众所周知的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句