音标:['pɒ:tent] ;
n. 前兆, 预示, 异常之物
n a sign of something about to happen
词型变化:名词复数形式 : portents
词性分布:
名词100%

portent的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. I see it as a portent of thing to come.我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。
  2. The priests think its destruction is a portent that the gods will soon return.牧师们认为它的毁灭预示着神很快将会归来。

经典引文

  • A cloud moved across the sun..and the cave was dimmed. It was like a portent of evil.

    出自:G. Lord
  • Even after receiving a forecast..I still search the sky for weather portents.

    出自:C. Francis
  • He will hear the magic rap of the willow wand, portent of death.

    出自:J. Uglow
【近义词】

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