| 单词 | portentous |
| 释义 | portentous —portentously, adv. —portentousness, n. /pawr ten"teuhs, pohr-/, adj. 1. of the nature of a portent; momentous. 2. ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat. 3. marvelous; amazing; prodigious. [1530-40; < L portentosus. See PORTENT, -OUS] Syn. 1, 2. See ominous. 2. unpropitious, inauspicious, threatening. |
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