harbinger

n.前兆;v.预兆

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
harbinger (noun)
1.
archaic a person sent ahead to provide lodgings
2.
a) one that pioneers in or initiates a major change - precursor
b) one that presages or foreshadows what is to come forerunner
harbinger (verb)
transitive verb
to be a harbinger of - presage
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
harbinger (noun)
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
SYNONYMS:
angel, foregoer, harbinger, herald, outrider, precursor
RELATED WORDS:
foreboder, foreshadower, foretaste, forewarning; advertiser, announcer, blazoner, crier, proclaimer; courier, messenger, runner; augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, prefiguring, presage; mark, sign, symptom; bellwether
harbinger (verb)
to give a slight indication of beforehand
SYNONYMS:
adumbrate, forerun, harbinger, herald, prefigure
RELATED WORDS:
anticipate, foreknow, foresee; forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy; forewarn; augur, bode, forebode ( forbode), portend, presage, promise; allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest
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