soothsayer

• n. 算命者；预言者

sooth,真实，事实，-say,说，-er,人。即说出事实真相的人，引申词义占卜者，预言家。

soothsayer (n.)

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

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

危地马拉人算命时眼睛盯着占卜者的左腿: 如果右腿的肌肉颤动, 那就表示前途光明.

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