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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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