English Dictionary

oracle

/ˈɔɹəkəl/

noun

A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. / A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.

The oracle at Delphi was famous for its prophecies.

意味（1）

A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.

意味（2）

A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.

意味（3）

A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.

The several oracles included in this haftarah presumably were uttered at different times to the people in exile, presenting diverse themes and using distinct styles.

意味（4）

(figuratively, archaic) Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.

Fight all couragiouſly and be you kings,

Fight all couragiouſly and be you kings, I ſpeake it, and my words are oracles.

意味（5）

A person considered to be a source of wisdom.

a literary oracle

意味（6）

A wise sentence or decision of great authority.

意味（7）

A fortune-teller.

Madame de l'Hôpital has been quite la fée bienfaisante said Lauzun, who, like others, had been consulting the oracle. I am bewildered by my future good fortune. I quite anticipate being married, if it is to bring me all that she predicts.

意味（8）

One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.

God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.

意味（9）

(Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

意味（10）

(computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.

Thus, an oracle machine (which enacts an oracle algorithm) would be like an ordinary Turing machine, except that adjoined to its ordinary computational operations would be another operation: ‘Call in the oracle and ask it whether C_q(n) stops; […]

意味（11）

(cryptocurrencies) A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.

For example, an oracle may send temperature data reported by the National Weather Service or report the daily LIBOR rate to a smart contract.