• n. 算命者；預(yù)言者

sooth,真實，事實，-say,說，-er,人。即說出事實真相的人，引申詞義占卜者，預(yù)言家。

soothsayer (n.)

mid-14c., zot ziggere (Kentish), "one who speaks truth,;" late 14c., sothseggere, "fortune-teller;" see sooth + say. Old English had soesagu "act of speaking the truth."

1. People in Guatemala watched their soothsayer's leg; if the leg muscles twitched, the future looked bright.

危地馬拉人算命時眼睛盯著占卜者的左腿: 如果右腿的肌肉顫動, 那就表示前途光明.

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