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单词 proverb
释义 proverb
n.
  1. a short pithy saying in general use, held to embody a general truth.
  2. a person or thing that is notorious (he is a proverb for inaccuracy).
  3. (Proverbs or Book of Proverbs) a didactic poetic Old Testament book of maxims attributed to Solomon and others.
Etymology: ME f. OF proverbe or L proverbium (as PRO-(1), verbum word)
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