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单词 portentous
释义 por·ten·tous
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷|tentəs, sometimes ÷-nchəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin portentosus, from portentum portent + -osus -ous
1. : of, relating to, or constituting a portent : pregnant with consequence or possibility
 < the events under discussion are portentous — Philip Hamburger >
2. : eliciting amazement or wonder : marvelous, monstrous, prodigious
 < the extraordinary old man gave him a second portentous wink — J.C.Powys >
3. : exhibiting gravity or ponderousness : self-consciously weighty : inflated, pompous
 < a voice that manages to be both cozy and portentous — Gilbert Seldes >
 < regarded all these things with a portentous solemnity — H.G.Wells >
 < the style is so portentous that one expects up to the last paragraph that something of moment is about to be revealed — Dachine Rainer >
Synonyms: see ominous
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