portentous

a. 前兆的, 不吉的, 可惊的, 自大的

发音

其它 /pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/
US /pɔrˈtɛn(t)əs/

词形变化

more portentous 比较级 most portentous 最高级

别名

portentious portentuous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of momentous or ominous significance.

  2. 2.

    Ominously prophetic.

    凶兆嘅

  3. 3.

    Puffed up with vanity.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

pompous fateful foreboding prodigious overblown grandiloquent pontifical

近义相关 5

important significant pretentious prophetic prophetical

词源

Of multiple origins: * Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus (“predicted”) + -ōsus. Compare earlier portentuous (via Middle English from Latin portentuōsus). By surface analysis, portent + -ous. * Borrowed from French portentueux

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