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女巫,女算命师,女预言家
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sibyl \Sib"yl\, n. [L. sibylla, Gr. ????.]
1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a
spirit of prophecy.
Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by
different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there
were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various
parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy.
2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. ``An
old highland sibyl.'' --Sir W. Scott.
资料来源 : WordNet®
sibyl
n 1: a woman who tells fortunes
2: (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or
prophet