forescent

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scent that indicates something in advance.
    — an appalling forescent of his own near approaching discomfiture
动词 v.
  1. To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.
    — birds and wild animals forescent a storm, or an earthquake
  2. To detect or become aware of (something) in advance. figuratively
    — 1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462, the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo

词形变化

forescents present,singular,third-person forescenting participle,present forescented participle,past forescented past forescents plural

词源

词源 1
From fore- + scent.
词源 2
From fore- + scent.
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