portent

Word family nounportentportentousnessadjectiveportentousadverbportentouslyverbportend

por·tent /ˈpɔːtent $ ˈpɔːr-/ noun [countableC] literary

SIGN/GESTUREa sign or warning that something is going to happen 迹象，预兆，征兆 SYN omen

portent of

Some people believe the raven is a portent of death.

有些人认为渡鸦是死亡的征兆。

Examples from the Corpus

portent• Consequently, the parents often seize on anything as a portent which confirms their wishes.• Their first meeting was a portent.• Were there signs and portents in the sky on the night I was born?• Biblical writings, which lie at the root of Western culture, make numerous mention of portents in the heavens.• Pundits tried not to read too much symbolic portent into the calamity.• His faith never wavered, even when Albert became so disturbed by the portents that he could not sleep and fell ill.• The portents are not what one would call auspicious.

portent of• The strikes are viewed as a portent of revolution.

单词	portent
释义	portent Word family nounportentportentousnessadjectiveportentousadverbportentouslyverbportend por·tent /ˈpɔːtent $ ˈpɔːr-/ noun [countableC] literary SIGN/GESTUREa sign or warning that something is going to happen 迹象，预兆，征兆 SYN omen portent of Some people believe the raven is a portent of death. 有些人认为渡鸦是死亡的征兆。 Examples from the Corpus portent• Consequently, the parents often seize on anything as a portent which confirms their wishes.• Their first meeting was a portent.• Were there signs and portents in the sky on the night I was born?• Biblical writings, which lie at the root of Western culture, make numerous mention of portents in the heavens.• Pundits tried not to read too much symbolic portent into the calamity.• His faith never wavered, even when Albert became so disturbed by the portents that he could not sleep and fell ill.• The portents are not what one would call auspicious. portent of• The strikes are viewed as a portent of revolution.
随便看	blazed all over something blazed all over sth blaze of glory blaze of publicity blaze of publicity/glory blazer blazered blazers blazes blazing blazing blazingly blazon blazoned across blazoned across something blazoned across sth blazoned on blazoned on something blazoned on sth blazoned over blazoned over something blazoned over sth blazoner blazoning bldg.