betoken

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. transitive
    — There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse.
  2. To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known. transitive
    — “ Ah ! hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” i. e., although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war. — Bello.

词形变化

betokens present,singular,third-person betokening participle,present betokened participle,past betokened past

词汇关系

衍生词
betokener unbetokened
相关词
more betoken

词源

From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).
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