单词 | foreshadow |
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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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