单词 | seer |
释义 | seer seer1 /see"euhr/ for 1; /sear/ for 2-4, n. 1. a person who sees; observer. 2. a person who prophesies future events; prophet: Industry seers predicted higher profits. 3. a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers. 4. a person who is reputed to have special powers of divination, as a crystal gazer or palmist. [1350-1400; ME; see SEE1, -ER1] Syn. 2. oracle, soothsayer, augur. seer2 /sear, sair/, n. ser. [1610-20] |
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