adages是什么意思？

adages

• n. 谚语，格言( adage的名词复数 )；

例句

• Some adages are gems . Others are fool's gold. 一些谚语是珍宝. 其它的是废话.
• The vocabulary of folklore and the folk adages have intersections. We can't disjoin them completely. 因此民俗语汇的品类中有俗语成分,民俗语汇与俗语有交叉, 二者不是截然分开的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  谚语；格言
  An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
  例句
  ...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'. 那句古老的谚语，“每个婴儿生来就带着爱”