portentous
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [p???ten.t?s]
- 美式音標 [p??r?ten.t??s]
- 國際音標 [p?:'tent?s, 'p?u-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.前兆的；不吉的；可怕的；煞有介事的；自命不凡的
詞根記憶
- 來自portent(n.預兆，兇兆)
同根派生
- adv性質的同根詞
- portentously：不祥地；有預兆地；盛氣凌人地，自負地。
- n性質的同根詞
- portent：前兆；預示；跡象；異常之物。
- vt性質的同根詞
- portend：預示；預兆；意味著。
英漢例句
- Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
眾多事關重大的抉擇強加在了他身上。 - Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展現(xiàn)出一條新的十年的兇多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路. - There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.
他一點也不裝腔作勢或故作嚴肅，渾身散發(fā)著幽默。 - Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
眾多事關重大的抉擇強加在了他身上。 - Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展現(xiàn)出一條新的十年的兇多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路.
詞組短語
- portentous premonition 不祥的預兆
- portentous signs 星流霆擊;星流電擊
- portentous s 奇特
- portentous s a 兇兆的
- Not Portentous Fluster Runs 不可驚慌亂跑
短語
英英字典
- too serious and trying to be very important
- If someone's way of speaking, writing, or behaving is portentous, they speak, write, or behave more seriously than necessary because they want to impress other people.
- portentously
- Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events.