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Foreshadow Shadow V Fɔ:'ʃædəu V.预示 英 预示(Be Sign

单词 foreshadow
音标 [fɔ:'ʃædəu]
解释 v.预示
红宝书 【英】 v. 预示(be a sign of sth about to happen)
【记】 fore(预先)+shadow( 影子) →影子预先来
字源 foreshadow (v.)
1570s, from fore- + shadow (v.); the notion is of a shadow thrown before an advancing material object as an image of something suggestive of what is to come. Related: Foreshadowed; foreshadowing.
不择手段背单词 v. 预示 = presage
【例】Dark clouds foreshadow a storm 乌云预示暴风雨的来临.
【记】fore前, shadow(n 影子; vt 遮蔽; 预示)-影子提前来-原指乌云的影子预示着大雨
趣味全助记 【记】fore + shadow 人未到,影先到,影子预示着事情的来临

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