dictum
n
(pl ~s or -ta )
(a) saying; maxim 名言; 格言
the well-known dictum `Knowledge is power' 著名的格言`知识就是力量'.
(b) formal expression of opinion 正式发表的权威性意见.
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;