portentous
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pɔːˈten.təs]
- 美式音标 [pɔːrˈten.t̬əs]
- 国际音标 [pɔ:'tentəs, 'pəu-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.前兆的；不吉的；可怕的；煞有介事的；自命不凡的
词根记忆
- 来自portent(n.预兆，凶兆)
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- portentously：不祥地；有预兆地；盛气凌人地，自负地。
- n性质的同根词
- portent：前兆；预示；迹象；异常之物。
- vt性质的同根词
- portend：预示；预兆；意味着。
英汉例句
- Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。 - Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路. - There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.
他一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃，浑身散发着幽默。 - Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。 - Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路.
词组短语
- portentous premonition 不祥的预兆
- portentous signs 星流霆击;星流电击
- portentous s 奇特
- portentous s a 凶兆的
- Not Portentous Fluster Runs 不可惊慌乱跑
短语
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.