portentously ad. 前兆地
不吉地
portentously[ adv ]
in a portentous manner
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portentously, the engines began to roll
Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
※ -- {Por*tent"ous*ly}, adv. --
{Por*tent"ous*ness}, n.
- Given limited space, his writing works by implication, making words and images mean more than they actually say but without making them portentously symbolic.
- She recollects and rearranges the details of her life to create in her failing mind what she portentously calls her "history of the world."