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presage
- IPA[prēˈsāj]
美式
- (of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen;(of a person) predict
- a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; 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. (of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen the outcome of the game presaged the coming year
- ▪ (of a person) predict lands he could measure, terms and tides presage
名詞
- 1. a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent the fever was a somber 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
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈprɛsɪdʒ]
英式
- be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one): the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow
- an omen or portent: the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness
Oxford Dictionary