oracle
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 神谕，神谕处，预言
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
- A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecies or advice.
- A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
- (figuratively, archaic) Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable