harbinger
harbinger 英 [ˈhɑ:bɪndʒə(r)] 美 [ˈhɑrbɪndʒə(r)]
n. 先驱；前兆；预告者 vt. 预告；充做…的前驱
进行时:harbingering 过去式:harbingered 过去分词:harbingered 第三人称单数:harbingers 名词复数:harbingers
- A harbinger is something that comes before and that shows what will follow in the future. The robin is a harbinger of spring––its presence means spring is coming soon.
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- n. 先驱；前兆；预告者
- vt. 预告；充做…的前驱
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1. Kendrick is convinced that I am a harbinger of a new species of human, as different from everyday folks as Cro-Magnon Man was from his Neanderthal neighbors.
肯迪克确信我是一个新的人类物种的先驱，作为有别于人类的克鲁马努人就是从他的邻居尼安的特人而来的。
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2. Yet, each is just a harbinger of what's to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.
而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆，所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。
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3. In itself, this was just an example of the Big Unfriendly Giant flexing its muscles, but it could be a harbinger of things to come.
例子本身只是说明这位不友善的巨人是如何展示他的肌肉的，但它也许可以被看作一个预兆。
- harbinger (n.) late 15c., herbengar "one sent ahead to arrange lodgings" (for a monarch, an army, etc.), alteration of Middle English herberger "provider of shelter, innkeeper" (late 12c.), from Old French herbergeor "one who offers lodging, innkeeper," agent noun from herbergier "provide lodging," from herber "lodging, shelter," from Frankish *heriberga "lodging, inn" (cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German heriberga "army shelter"), from Germanic compound *harja-bergaz "shelter, lodgings," which is also the source of harbor (n.). Sense of "forerunner, that which precedes and gives notice of the coming of another" is mid-16c. The unetymological -n- is from 15c. (see messenger). As a verb, from 1640s (harbinge "to lodge" is late 15c.).
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