oracle

oracle

意味(日本語)

神託、神のお告げ

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)

【広告】

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)

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)

【広告】

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)

oracle

oracle

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)

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)