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portentous

美音:[pɔ´tentəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.预示性的

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portentous为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:portentousness 副词:porten-tously

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tend,tens,tent=to stretch(张开)

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portentous


/pɔ:'tentəs; pɔr`tɛntəs/
adj
1 of or like a portent; ominous (似)预示的, 预兆的; 不祥的
*portentous events, signs 不祥的事件、徵兆.
2 (derog贬) pompously solemn 装腔作势的; 煞有介事的.

portentous


adj
literary showing that something important is going to happen, especially something bad
 Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
trying to appear important and serious
 a portentous film