herald

herald
noun
  1. an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry ceremonial messages, and oversee tournaments
    掌礼官;(古)传令官,(负责比武大会的)纹章官
    ■(in the UK) an official of the College of Arms or the Lyon Court ranking below a pursuivant
    (英国)宗谱纹章院的官员;(里昂法院)纹章院属官职位以下的官员
  2. a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen
    先驱者,前奏
    they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring.
    他们把第一批樱草花视为春天的预兆。
  3. a brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings
    棘翅夜蛾
  4. Scoliopteryx libatrix, family Noctuidae
    拉丁名Scoliopteryx libatrix,夜蛾科
verb
  1. [with obj.]be a sign that (something) is about to happen
    预示
    the speech heralded a change in policy.
    这个演讲预示着政策的变化。
    ■(一般作 be heralded)acclaim
    称赞
    the band have been heralded as the great hope for the nineties.
    这乐队被誉为90年代的大希望。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French herault (noun), herauder (verb), of Germanic origin
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