oracle
oracle
意味(日本語)
神託、神の啓示、権威者の意見(神の口から出た言葉)
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
意味(英語)
- (noun) A shrine consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic deity, as that of Apollo at Delphi.
- (noun) A person, such as a priestess, through whom a deity is held to respond when consulted.
- (noun) The response given through such a medium, often in the form of an enigmatic statement or allegory.
- (noun) A person considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinions.
- (noun) An authoritative or wise statement or prediction.
例文
- It would not be quite right, I think, to say that the imagery of decay and disease attached to the figure of the oracle represents this corruption, that the sickness of the oracle is crudely symbolic of the wrongness of the society as a whole.
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orifice
orifice
(パイプ、煙突などの)穴、口、抜け口 ◇L.os+facere(=つくる)
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
adorable
adorable
かわいらしい、ほれぼれする
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
adorably
adorably
すばらしく
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
adoration
adoration
崇拝、愛慕
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
adore
adore
崇拝する、敬慕する ◇L.ad+orare(=話しかける)、ad-(=to) = に向かって祈る
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
inexorable
inexorable
情け容赦のない、どうしても聞き入れない
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
inexorability
inexorability
無情、冷酷
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oracle
oracle
神託、神のお告げ
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oral
oral
口頭の、口の、口頭試験
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
orate
orate
演説する
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oration
oration
演説、祈り、祈祷文
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
orator
orator
演説者、雄弁家
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oratorical
oratorical
雄弁家の、雄弁術の
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oratory
oratory
雄弁(術)、修辞、礼拝堂
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)
oracular
oracular
神託の、おごそかな、独断的な
語源
- or-, ora- : L.orare = to speak(話す), pray(祈る)