Harbinger
['hɑːbɪndʒə] or ['hɑrbɪndʒɚ]
解释:
(noun.) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
校对:奥利弗--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
(n.) A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
(v. t.) To usher in; to be a harbinger of.
休整理
同义词及近义词:
n. Forerunner, precursor, herald.
杰罗姆录入
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Announcer, herald, precursor, forerunner
ANT:Reporter, narrator, relator, historian, follower, attendant
本校对
解释:
n. a forerunner pioneer originally one who goes forward to provide lodging.—v.t. to precede as a harbinger.
克莉丝汀编辑
例句:
- I will consider that in meeting her to-night I have met with one of those birds whose appearance is to the sailor the harbinger of good luck. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Should not such a mood, so sweet, so tranquil, so unwonted, have been the harbinger of good? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- A poor harbinger of good luck is she who can do nothing, who has no power. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
手打:利奥波德