figurative and transferred. Often in phrases, as the hound of hell: Cerberus; Orion's hound: the constellation of the Greater Dog, the dog-star; wi…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil > foreboder (5) Gabriel's houndsc888 figurative and transferred. Often in phrases, as the hound of hell: Cerberus; Orion's hound: the constellation of the Greater Dog, the dog-star; wi… Gabriel ratchet?c1475 (in plural and singular) a noise heard in the air said to resemble the sound of a pack of hounds, made by a bird or birds but often attributed to… foredoomer1591 forebodera1796 One who or that which forebodes; †a prognosticator. gabble ratchets1862 In plural. A flock of birds (usually wild geese) making a noise in the air, and imagined or represented as a gathering of supernatural creatures… |
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