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harbinger 音標拼音: [h'ɑrbɪndʒɚ] n. 先行官,先驅,預兆
v. 預告,預示,作為…的先驅 先行官,先驅,預兆預告,預示,作為…的先驅 harbinger n 1: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [ synonym: { harbinger}, { forerunner}, { predecessor}, { herald}, { precursor}] v 1: foreshadow or presage [ synonym: { announce}, { annunciate}, { harbinger}, { foretell}, { herald}] Harbinger \ Har" bin* ger\ ( h[ add] r" b[ i^] n* j[~ e] r), n. [ OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. h[' e] berger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See { Harbor}.] 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. [ 1913 Webster] I knew by these harbingers who were coming. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster]
Harbinger \ Har" bin* ger\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Harbingered} ( h[ add] r" b[ i^] n* j[~ e] rd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Harbingering}.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. " Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " harbinger": Gabriel, ancestor, announce, announcer, antecedent, augury, avant- garde, bellwether, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, evangel, evangelist, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerun, forerunner, foreshadower, foreshow, foretoken, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, give notice, groundbreaker, guide, herald, herald angel, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, notify, omen, outrider, pathfinder, pioneer, point, portent, preannounce, precedent, precursor, predecessor, preindicate, premonitor, presage, presager, proclaim, run before, scout, sign, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt- courier, voortrekker
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