| 单词 | harbinger |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['hɑ:bindʒə] |
| 解释 | n.先驱，先兆 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 先驱，先兆(herald) 【考】 harbinger : presage / archetype : exemplify(先驱可以预言/原型 可以示范) 【例】 Frost is a harbinger of winter. |
| 字源 | 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, from herbergier "provide lodging," from herber "lodging, shelter," from Frankish *heriberga "lodging, inn," from Germanic compound *harja-bergaz, literally "army hill" (cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German heriberga "army shelter") from *heri "army" (see harry (v.)) + berga "shelter" (see barrow (n.2)). Compare harbor (n.). Sense of "forerunner" is mid-16c. Intrusive -n- is 15c. (see messenger). As a verb, from 1640s (harbinge "to lodge" is late 15c.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 先驱; 预言者 = herald = forerunner; v 预示(用信号示意人或事的临近) = presage 【类】harbinger: presage = archetype: exemplify先驱可以预言 = 典型可以示范 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：号兵哥，吹冲锋号的兵哥哥总是冲在军队的最前，先驱；harbor + ing + er 港口是(一个国家经济发展的)先驱，如香港，上海等 |
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