presage
presage
[ˈprɛsɪdʒ]
verb
presager
noun
[ˈprɛsɪdʒ]
verb
- [with obj.](of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen
预示；预兆
the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow.
沼泽地上空密布的云是下雪的征兆。
■(archaic)(of a person) predict
(古)预言；预感
lands he could measure, terms and tides presage.
土地他可以丈量，期限和趋势则只能凭预感。
- a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent
预示，预兆；不祥之兆
the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness.
这次发烧是他最后病症的不祥征兆。
■(archaic)a feeling of presentiment or foreboding
(古)预感；预知
he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live.
他有一种很强的预感：他时日无多了。
presager
noun
- (archaic).)(古).)
- late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire 'forebode', from prae 'before' + sagire 'perceive keenly'
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