presage

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/|/pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
    — Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword.
  2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
    — Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
动词 v.
  1. To predict or foretell something. transitive
    — If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]
  2. To make a prediction. intransitive
  3. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. transitive

词形变化

presages plural præsage alternative,obsolete presages present,singular,third-person presaging participle,present presaged participle,past presaged past præsage alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
foreshadow forespell portend
衍生词
presageful presagement presager presagingly unpresaged unpresaging

词源

词源 1
From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
词源 2
From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
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