sage

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sage1 /seɪdʒ/ noun

[uncountableU]DFC a herb with grey-green leaves 鼠尾草，洋苏草

2. [countableC] literaryINTELLIGENT someone, especially an old man, who is very wise 贤人，哲人〔尤指老人〕

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sage• You are a teen-aged phenomenon with the body of a full grown man and the mind of a sage.• Every last Eve should have her Adam, according to the tiny, self-appointed sage.• It was quite accidental that we planted Cleveland sage, a shrubby California native, next to where I park the truck.• I will be spared the perils of a close encounter with the current Limnititzker sage.• Having learned from that sage, I planted scented geraniums along the narrow part of the driveway.

sage2 adjectiveadj literary

GOOD/EXCELLENTvery wise, especially as a result of a lot of experience 睿智的，贤明的

sage advice

明智的忠告

—sagely adverbadv

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sage• Gabriel gets sage advice from Archie, the twin who died when they were little.• The correspondent, however, was sage enough to emphasise that the relationship was far from causal.• They were sage young people and got on with Christopher.

Origin sage1

1. (1300-1400) Old French sauge, from Latin salvia, from salvus; → SAFE1

2. (1300-1400) → SAGE2

sage2

(1300-1400) Old French Vulgar Latin sapius, from Latin sapere; → SAPIENT

sage1 nounsage2 adjectiveadj

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