oracular

英 [ə'rækjələ(r)] 美 [ə'rækjələr]

• adj. 神谕的；玄妙的；明哲的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. of or relating to an oracle;

   "able by oracular means to expose a witch"
   

2. obscurely prophetic;

   "Delphic pronouncements"
   "an oracular message"
   

3. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought;

   "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"
   "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"
   "an enigmatic smile"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. To us this oracular remark seemed to herald Hitler.
   这番玄妙深奥的话在我们看来仿佛预示着希特勒的来临。

经典引文

• Delphisone of the richest oracular sites in the world.

  出自： C. C. Felton

• Whatever he said..was considered oracular by his disciples.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

近反义词

【近义词】

• ambiguous 模棱两可的
• enigmatic 谜的
• Delphic (阿波罗)神谕的...