portentous
美音:
[pɔ´tentəs
]英音:
[pɔ´tentəs
]adj.预示性的
难易程度:
portentous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:portentousness 副词:porten-tously
词根
tend,tens,tent=to stretch(张开)
近义词, 同义词
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