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sage

noun
🔊/seɪdʒ/
🔊/seɪdʒ/
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  1. [uncountable] a plant with flat, light green leaves that have a strong smell and are used in cooking as a herb鼠尾草（可用作调料）
    • duck with sage and onion stuffing鼠尾草洋葱填鸭
    Topics Foodc2
  2. [countable] (formal) a very wise person哲人；智者；圣人
    • The wise old sage nodded.明智的老贤者点点头。
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English: from Old French sauge, from Latin salvia ‘healing plant’, from salvus ‘safe’. noun sense 2 Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from Latin sapere ‘be wise’.

sage

adjective
🔊/seɪdʒ/
🔊/seɪdʒ/
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  1. wise, especially because you have a lot of experience睿智的，贤明的（尤指因经验丰富）
    • sage remarks鼠尾草
    Word Originadjective Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from Latin sapere ‘be wise’.