foreshadow

vt. 成为前兆, 预示

发音

其它 /fɔːˈʃædəʊ/
US
其它 /ˌfɔːˈʃædəʊ/
其它 /fə-/
其它 /ˈfɔːˌʃædəʊ/
其它 /fɔɹˈʃædoʊ/
其它 /fəɹ-/
其它 /ˈfɔɹˌʃædoʊ/

词形变化

foreshadows 复数 foreshadows foreshadowed foreshadowedst foreshadoweth foreshadowing foreshadows 三单 foreshadowing 现在分词 foreshadowed 过去式 foreshadowed 过去分词 foreshadowest foreshadowedst 过去式 foreshadoweth 三单 foreshadowed 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A suggestion of something in advance; a harbinger, a portent.

    及物
v.
  1. 1.

    To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.

    及物
  2. 2.

    Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

predict omen forecast bode augur foretell auspicate betoken portend prefigure

上位词 5

point signal indicate bespeak betoken

下位词 2

threaten foreshow

词源

The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb). The noun is derived from fore- + shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier.

来源：wiktionary