英语词汇“presage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	presage
释义	pres·age I. \ˈpresij, -sēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagire to have a presentiment of, from prae- pre- + sagire to perceive keenly — more at seek 1. : something that foreshadows or portends a future event : a warning or indication of something about to happen : omen, prognostic < the coming of the swallow is a true presage of the spring — John Worlidge > < sees a lunar rainbow … as a presage of good fortune — Van Wyck Brooks > 2. : an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future : foreboding, presentiment < feel in his nerves the presage of a storm — Charlton Ogburn > < artists whom the presage of an early death stimulates — Roger Fry > 3. archaic : an utterance foretelling something future : prediction, prognostication < expected as ill a presage … from those fortune tellers — Edward Hyde > 4. : foreknowledge of the future : prescience < if there be aught of presage in the mind — John Milton > 5. : augury 3 < hand … raised in presage of volunteered information — New Yorker > < a firm steel bridge as presage of what is ahead — William Sansom > < birds of evil presage — Edmund Burke > II. \“, prēˈsāj, prə̇ˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French presager, from presage omen, from Latin praesagium *transitive verb* 1. a. : to give an omen or warning of : signify beforehand by supernatural means : foreshadow, portend < evil luck was presaged … by a dog crossing the hunter's path — American Guide Series: Ind. > < sensation of creeping uneasiness which presaged some kind of trouble — Marcia Davenport > < fiery meteors may presage death and destruction — Christopher Marlowe > b. : to point to or indicate in advance : give prior indication of by natural means : provide a symptom of : preindicate < dropsy … almost invariably presages cardiac failure — F.A.Faught > < Democratic gains aren't significant enough to presage drastic legislative changes — Wall Street Journal > 2. : to indicate or calculate in advance : forecast, foretell, predict < lands he could measure, terms and tides presage — Oliver Goldsmith > 3. : to have a presentiment or prevision of : feel beforehand : forebode 2 < from the preliminaries … he was only able to presage danger and disaster — A.W.Tourgee > *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : to have a presentiment or foreknowledge 2. : to make or utter a prediction < prophecy would fain presage auspiciously — J.B.Mozley > — sometimes used with of < by certain signs we may presage of heats and rains — John Dryden > Synonyms: see foretell
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