| 单词 | foreshadowing | 
| 释义 | foreshadowingnoun  fore·shad·ow·ing  fȯr-ˈsha-də-wiŋ     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 … On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces.  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.  foreshadowing 1 of 2 nounas in hintsomething 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 
 foreshadowing2 of 2 verbas in prefiguringto give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day Synonyms & Similar Words 
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