Portent

(n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

编辑:维尔玛

• Then the plane was overhead, its shadows passing over the open glade, the throbbing reaching its maximum of portent. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• No, there was ill-portent enough, she would not accept this ring from him in pledge. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Everything seemed dreary: the portents before the birth of Cyrus--Jewish antiquities--oh dear! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Rough portents had met him on his first admission to Fieldhead; but that passage got over, charming and fascinating he resolved to be. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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