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单词 foreshadowings
释义

foreshadowing

noun

fore·​shad·​ow·​ing fȯr-ˈsha-də-wiŋ How to pronounce foreshadowing (audio)
plural foreshadowings
: an indication of what is to come
If the history of the world were a novel, the events so strikingly chronicled in the photographs in this book … would seem a foreshadowing of the recent events … Ralph Novak
On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces. Lucy Maud Montgomery
also : the use of such indications (as in a work of literature)
And, further, Rose is a genuine cliff-hanger, or page-turner, full of foreshadowing … and all the tried and tricky methods of creating suspense. John Simon

Synonyms

  • augury
  • auspice
  • boding
  • foreboding
  • omen
  • portent
  • prefiguring
  • presage
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Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

foreshadowings

noun

plural of foreshadowing
as in hints
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hints
  • portents
  • predictions
  • forebodings
  • omens
  • presages
  • prophecies
  • suggestions
  • auguries
  • precursors
  • auspices
  • bodings
  • intimations
  • heralds
  • forerunners
  • prophesies
  • foretastes
  • inklings
  • harbingers
  • forewarnings
  • badges
  • straws in the wind
  • prognostications
  • forecasts
  • divinations
  • tokens
  • notes
  • marks
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