harbinger

FREQ #35531

n. 通告者, 预告者, 先驱, 预兆 vt. 预告, 充做...的前驱

发音

UK /ˈhɑːbɪndʒə/
US /ˈhɑɹ.bɪn.d͡ʒəɹ/

词形变化

harbingers 复数 harbingers harbingered harbingering harbingers 三单 harbingering 现在分词 harbingered 过去式 harbingered 过去分词

别名

harbringer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

    预兆

    harbinger of danger; harbinger of doom; harbinger of spring

  2. 2.

    One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

    废旧

    outward decency […] is the Harbinger to provide the lodging for inward holinesse

v.
  1. 1.

    To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

herald predecessor precursor forerunner

上位词 2

indication indicant
动词

同义词 4

announce herald foretell annunciate

上位词 1

tell

词源

Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour, herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from herbergier (“to set up camp; to shelter; to take shelter”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns), from Old High German heribergan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army camp, shelter”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, borrow.

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