bode
verb/bəʊd/
/bəʊd/
Word OriginOld English bodian ‘proclaim, foretell’, from boda ‘messenger’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to bid1.
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bode | /bəʊd/ /bəʊd/ |
| he / she / it bodes | /bəʊdz/ /bəʊdz/ |
| past simple boded | /ˈbəʊdɪd/ /ˈbəʊdɪd/ |
| past participle boded | /ˈbəʊdɪd/ /ˈbəʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form boding | /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ |
Idioms
bode well/ill (for somebody/something)
- (formal) to be a good/bad sign for somebody/something
（对某人／某事）是吉兆，是凶兆 - These figures do not bode well for the company's future.
这些数据对于公司的前景不是个好兆头。 - The look on her face boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day.
她脸上的表情对那天遇到她的人来说都是不祥之兆。
- These figures do not bode well for the company's future.