presage
美音:[´presıdʒ
]
英音:[´presıdʒ
]
n.预兆 v.预示
难易程度:
presage为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:presageful 动词过去式:presaged 过去分词:presaged 现在分词:presaging 第三人称单数:presages
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presage
/'presɪdʒ; `prɛsɪdʒ/
n (fml 文)
(a) sign that sth (esp sth unpleasant) will happen; omen 预兆; 兆头; （尤指）恶兆, 凶兆.
(b) feeling that sth unpleasant will happen; presentiment （不祥的）预感; 预知.
/'presɪdʒ, rarely 罕读作 prɪ'seɪdʒ; prɪ`sedʒ/
v [Tn] be a sign of (sth that will happen); foretell 预示; 预言
*Those clouds presage a storm. 那样的密云预示着暴风雨将要来临.
n (fml 文)
(a) sign that sth (esp sth unpleasant) will happen; omen 预兆; 兆头; （尤指）恶兆, 凶兆.
(b) feeling that sth unpleasant will happen; presentiment （不祥的）预感; 预知.
/'presɪdʒ, rarely 罕读作 prɪ'seɪdʒ; prɪ`sedʒ/
v [Tn] be a sign of (sth that will happen); foretell 预示; 预言
*Those clouds presage a storm. 那样的密云预示着暴风雨将要来临.
presage
v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: presage 'something that shows the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin praesagium, from praesagire, from sagire 'to understand clearly']
formal to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad
The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.
>presagen[C]
a presage of doom
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: presage 'something that shows the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin praesagium, from praesagire, from sagire 'to understand clearly']
formal to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad
The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.
>presagen[C]
a presage of doom
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