| 单词 | presage |
| 释义 | presage (once / 2873 pages) nv A presage is a sign that something bad is about to happen, like when you get that queasy feeling in your stomach because your mom found out you skipped band practice to go to the movies. Presage, pronounced "PREH-sige," can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, presage is a warning or omen of bad things to come, like a strange quiet and stillness in the air, presage to the coming tornado. As a verb, presage means "making a prediction or giving a warning of what's to come," like a terrible end-of-season football game's outcome game that presaged the struggles the team faced the next season. WORD FAMILYpresage: presaged, presages, presaging USAGE EXAMPLESMarket-rate lofts on the southern edge of the precinct presage a wave of gentrification. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Even entry into the war was presaged on a lie. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) The nomination of Pruitt, however, presages a lengthy battle between the Trump administration and green groups. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1n a foreboding about what is about to happen Hyper boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment a feeling of evil to come 2n a sign of something about to happen Syn|Hypo|Hyper omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication auspice a favorable omen forebodingan unfavorable omen death knellan omen of death or destruction augury, foretoken, preindication, sign an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come 3v indicate by signs Syn|Hypo|Hyper augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate threaten to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain" foreshowforetell by divine inspiration bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal be a signal for or a symptom of |
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