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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    presage

    • IPA[ˈprɛsɪdʒ]

    英式

    • v.
      be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one)；(of a person) predict
    • n.
      an omen or portent；a feeling of presentiment or foreboding

    • verb: presage, 3rd person present: presages, gerund or present participle: presaging, past tense: presaged, past participle: presaged

    • noun: presage, plural noun: presages

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one) the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow
    • ▪ (of a person) predict lands he could measure, terms and tides presage

    名詞

    • 1. an omen or portent the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness
    • ▪ a feeling of presentiment or foreboding he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live