betoken [
bi'tәukn]
vt. 预示
- Dark clouds betoken a storm.
乌云予示着暴风雨的来临。 - Black clouds betoken a storm.
乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。 - Those black clouds betoken rain.
那些乌云预示即将下雨。
betoken
Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Betokening}.]
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or
tokens.
A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . .
Betokening peace from God, and covenant new.
--Milton.
2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future
by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often
betokens a storm.
Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
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