forescent

发音

其它 /ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
其它 /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌsɛnt/

词形变化

forescents 复数 forescents forescented forescenting forescents 三单 forescenting 现在分词 forescented 过去式 forescented 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scent that indicates something in advance.

v.
  1. 1.

    To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.

  2. 2.

    To detect or become aware of (something) in advance.

    比喻

    1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462, the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo

    1915, Frederick Goodyear, letter to F.W. Leith Ross in Letters and Remains: 1887-1917, London: McBride, Nast, 1920, p. 94, Possibly we instinctively forescented the war.

词源

From fore- + scent.

来源：wiktionary