单词 | foreshadow |
释义 | foreshadown. figurative. A shadow cast before an object; an indication or imperfect representation of something to come. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > a shadow > specific contrary shadow?a1560 right shadow?a1560 noon shadowa1646 foreshadow1834 silhouette1843 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 449/2 Foreshadows..of that Truth and Beginning of Truths, fell mysteriously over my soul. 1852 J. M. Ludlow Master Engineers 132 A truce is often the foreshadow of a peace. 1887 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 5) VIII. 280 The foreshadow of death was then falling on the mind of the Chief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). foreshadowv. transitive. To serve as the shadow thrown before (an object); hence, to represent imperfectly beforehand, prefigure. Also rarely (of a person), to have a foreboding of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > prefigure or foreshadow portendc1429 foreshadow1577 threatena1616 overbrood1818 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)] forefeela1586 presage1594 bode1740 foreshadow1865 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 146 The ceremonies commanded in the law did foreshadow Christ. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 385 Our Saviour's death..was by manifold Types foreshadowed. 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. xxvi. 329 These intuitions are fore-shadowed in the very first steps of an incipient consciousness. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 23 The surrender of Ghent foreshadowed the fate of Flanders. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xiv. 289 Another consequence that he had never foreshadowed, was [etc.]. Derivatives foreˈshadowed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > concerned with destiny > destined fatalc1374 portioned1567 weirdy1804 foreshadowed1866 fateful1876 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective] > foreshadowed, prefigured figurate1563 adumbrated1650 foreshown1844 foreshadowed1866 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xvii. 46 Phrases that class our foreshadowed endurance among those common and ignominious troubles. foreˈshadowing n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > foreshadowing adumbration1563 shadinga1807 foreshadowing1847 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foretokeninga1300 prefigurationa1382 premonstrationc1429 prenotationa1550 presignification1578 precursea1591 ostentation1607 precursion1615 prefigurement1708 foreshadowing1847 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 201 The feeling..of which he had had some old foreshadowing in older times..was full-formed now. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 306 Dim foreshadowings of what yet might come. foreˈshadower n. one who or that which foreshadows. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of shadow1382 prophecya1393 foreshow1548 foreshower1555 prefiguration1579 forepointer1587 foresignification1592 premonstrance1594 prodromus1602 premonstration1610 antetype1612 prodromy1647 pre-significator1669 foretellera1716 presignification1835 foretype1848 prefigurementa1859 foreshadower18.. foreboder1876 forego1880 18.. Chambers's Jrnl. (Cent. Dict.) The foreshadowers of evil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834v.1577 |
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