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单词
harbinger
释义
harbinger
har‧bin‧ger
/
ˈhɑːbɪndʒə
$
ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər
/
noun
[countable]
literary
or
formal
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
harbinger
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 soon
harbinger of
These birds are considered to be
harbingers of doom
.
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