proverb
n
short well-known saying that states a general truth or gives advice, eg `It takes two to make a quarrel' or `Don't put all your eggs in one basket' 諺語, 格言(精練的俗語, 或為普遍道理或為勸戒語, 如`一個巴掌拍不響'或`不要把全部家當放在一處')
the Book of Proverbs, ie one of the books of the Old Testament containing the proverbs of Solomon 《箴言》(《圣經(jīng)?舊約》中的一卷書).
?? 擴展釋義
*['pr?v?:b]n. 諺語, 格言, 箴言vt. 使眾所周知, 用諺語表達相關詞組: to a proverb as the proverb runs as the proverb says pass into a proverb