英语词汇“herald”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

heraldherald1 /ˈhɛrəld/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal

VERB TABLE

herald

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	herald
	he, she, it	heralds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	heralded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have heralded
	he, she, it	has heralded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had heralded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will herald
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have heralded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am heralding
	he, she, it	is heralding
	you, we, they	are heralding
Past	I, he, she, it	was heralding
	you, we, they	were heralding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been heralding
	he, she, it	has been heralding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been heralding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be heralding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been heralding

1to be a sign of something that is going to come or happen soon: The first red leaves appeared, heralding autumn.2to be heralded as something to be publicly called good or important: She has been heralded as one of the country’s finest musicians. → see also much-heralded

verb | noun

heraldherald2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYherald²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French herault

1social studies, history someone who carried messages from a ruler in past times2a sign that something is soon going to happen: herald of The tiny flowers are a herald of spring.