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portent

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n.征兆

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portent为短语/超纲词汇

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tend,tens,tent=to stretch(张开)

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forewarning  omen  premonition  sign    

portent


/'pɔ:tent; `pɔrtɛnt/
n ~ (of sth) (fml 文) sign or warning of a future (often unpleasant) event; omen 预示; 预兆; (常指)凶兆
*portents of disaster 凶兆
* I see it as a portent of things to come. 我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆.

portent


n[C]literary
a sign or warning that something is going to happen
= omenportent of
 Some people believe the raven is a portent of death.