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单词 foreshadowing
释义

foreshadowing

noun

fore·​shad·​ow·​ing fȯr-ˈsha-də-wiŋ How to pronounce foreshadowing (audio)
plural foreshadowings
: an indication of what is to come
If the history of the world were a novel, the events so strikingly chronicled in the photographs in this book … would seem a foreshadowing of the recent events … Ralph Novak
On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces. Lucy Maud Montgomery
also : the use of such indications (as in a work of literature)
And, further, Rose is a genuine cliff-hanger, or page-turner, full of foreshadowing … and all the tried and tricky methods of creating suspense. John Simon

Synonyms

  • augury
  • auspice
  • boding
  • foreboding
  • omen
  • portent
  • prefiguring
  • presage
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Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

foreshadowing 1 of 2

noun

as in hint
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • hint
  • forerunner
  • portent
  • precursor
  • prefiguring
  • presage
  • prediction
  • foreboding
  • omen
  • boding
  • herald
  • suggestion
  • augury
  • prophecy
  • harbinger
  • auspice
  • foretelling
  • forewarning
  • inkling
  • foretaste
  • straw in the wind
  • prophesy
  • intimation
  • badge
  • prognostication
  • forecast
  • divination
  • token
  • mark
  • note

foreshadowing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of foreshadow
as in prefiguring
to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • prefiguring
  • adumbrating
  • predicting
  • anticipating
  • implying
  • heralding
  • forerunning
  • foretelling
  • foreseeing
  • presaging
  • forewarning
  • harbingering
  • foreboding
  • prophesying
  • portending
  • foreknowing
  • forecasting
  • hinting
  • suggesting
  • prognosticating
  • alluding
  • boding
  • forboding
  • promising
  • intimating
  • auguring
  • connoting
  • insinuating
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