foreshow

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɔːˈʃəʊ/|/fɔəˈʃəʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manifestation in advance; a prior indication. obsolete
    — The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].
动词 v.
  1. To show in advance; to foretell, predict. archaic,transitive
    — Amid his senses' giddy wheel, / Did he not desperate impulse feel, / Headlong to plunge himself below, / And meet the worst his fears foreshow?— […]
  2. To foreshadow or prefigure. obsolete,transitive
    — But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.

词形变化

foreshows present,singular,third-person foreshowing participle,present foreshowed past foreshown participle,past foreshew alternative foreshows plural

词汇关系

衍生词
foreshower

词源

词源 1
From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English fore-
English show
English foreshow
From fore- + show.
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