单词	harbinger
释义	harbingerhar‧bin‧ger /ˈhɑːbɪndʒə $ ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər/ noun [countable] literary or formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINharbinger Origin: 1100-1200 Old French herbergere ‘host’, from herberge ‘place you stay at’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An ugly start is not necessarily a harbinger of worse things to come. Edwards was no more than a harbinger of the new way. In the past, comets were feared harbingers of important historical events, including invasions and major disasters. Many analysts say a weak January in the small-cap arena is a harbinger of underperformance of the sector for the year. The structure of agriculture makes it difficult to treat the peasant drive for noble land as the harbinger of rural capitalism. They were the harbingers of something terrible. This was a harbinger of glasnost to come. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► harbingers of doom  These birds are considered to be harbingers of doom. a sign that something is going to happen soonharbinger of These birds are considered to be harbingers of doom.
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