单词	foreshadowing
释义	foreshadowing noun 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 … 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 See all Synonyms & Antonyms 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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