betoken

vt. 预示

发音

UK /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/
US /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/

词形变化

betokened betokenest betokeneth betokening betokens 三单 betokens betokening 现在分词 betokened 过去式 betokened 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

    及物

    There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse.

  2. 2.

    To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.

    及物

    “ Ah ! hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” i. e., although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war. — Bello.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

point signal indicate predict omen forecast bode augur foretell auspicate

上位词 5

tell point signal indicate bespeak

下位词 10

promise beat mark threaten predict omen forecast bode augur foretell

相关短语

more betoken more by token

词源

From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).

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