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- an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry ceremonial messages, and oversee tournaments掌礼官; （古）传令官, （负责比武大会的）纹章官。
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- (in the UK) an official of the College of Arms or the Lyon Court ranking below a pursuivant（英国）宗谱纹章院或苏格兰纹章院官员（位低于纹章官助理）
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- a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen先驱者, 前奏：
they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring.
他们把第一批樱草花视为春天的预兆。
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- a brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings棘翅夜蛾。
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- Scoliopteryx libatrix, family Noctuidae.拉丁名 Scoliopteryx libatrix, 夜蛾科。
with obj.
1- be a sign that (something) is about to happen预示：
the speech heralded a change in policy.
这个演讲预示着政策的变化。
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- （一般作 be heralded）acclaim称赞：
the band have been heralded as the great hope for the nineties.
这乐队被誉为90年代的大希望。
词源
Middle English: from Old French herault (noun), herauder （verb）, of Germanic origin.