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sibyllic

/sib-uh-leen, -lahyn, -lin/US // ˈsɪb əˌlin, -ˌlaɪn, -lɪn //

西伯利亚式的,西伯利亚,西伯利亚人,西伯利亚的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
    • : mysterious; cryptic.

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Examples

  • It is reported that a woman called Amalthæa, from a foreign country, came to Tarquin the Proud to sell nine sibylline books.

  • The door opened, and Frulein's head appeared, solemn and sibylline, with tears shining behind her spectacles.

  • The sibylline volume of man's history is open before us, and every page of it is written in blood or tears.

  • Time is like the Sibylline leaves, getting more precious the less there remains of it.

  • The thoughts of these men are like the Sibylline leaves, profound but lost.