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adage 音标拼音: ['ædədʒ] ['ædɪdʒ] n. 古话,格言,谚语 古话,格言,谚语 adage n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [ synonym: { proverb}, { adage}, { saw}, { byword}] Adage \ Ad" age\, n. [ F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. [ 1913 Webster] Letting " I dare not" wait upon " I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See { Axiom}. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " adage": ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, catchword, collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, expression, gnome, golden saying, maxim, moral, mot, motto, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, precept, prescript, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, saw, saying, sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom
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