harbingern. 1. officer sent in advance of an army or royal retinueto find lodging and provisions (為軍隊(duì)或王室一行打前站安排食宿的)先行官。 △Mac.1.4.45: “I'll be myself theharbinger,and make joyful / The hearing of my wifewith your approach;”讓我自己去做先行者,把御駕來臨的消息告訴我的妻子,也叫她歡喜一場。 2. herald,messenger,forerunner 使者,信使,先驅(qū)。 △Ham.1.1.122: “As harbingers preceding still (=always) the fates”,作為命運(yùn)女神的信使。 △Mac.5.6.10: “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.”它們是(敵人)流血和死亡的預(yù)告者。 △Com. 3.2.12: “Ap-parel vice like virtue's harbinger;”要把罪惡打扮成為美德的先鋒。 harbinger[?hɑ:bind??]n.先驅(qū),前驅(qū),前兆/v. 預(yù)兆(告),當(dāng)先驅(qū) ‖ harbinger-of-spring報(bào)春花 |