Portent
['pɔːtent;-t(ə)nt] or ['pɔrtɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.
編輯:维尔玛
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Omen (of ill), presage, prognostic, augury, sign, warning.
整理:温弗雷德
例句/造句/用法:
- Then the plane was overhead, its shadows passing over the open glade, the throbbing reaching its maximum of portent. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- No, there was ill-portent enough, she would not accept this ring from him in pledge. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Everything seemed dreary: the portents before the birth of Cyrus--Jewish antiquities--oh dear! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Rough portents had met him on his first admission to Fieldhead; but that passage got over, charming and fascinating he resolved to be. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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