harbinger英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

— harbinger of danger; harbinger of doom; harbinger of spring
One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings. obsolete

— outward decency […] is the Harbinger to provide the lodging for inward holinesse

动词 v.

To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of. transitive

— It was harbingered also by the terrible comet of January, which appeared in a cadent and obscure house, denoting sickness and death; […]

词形变化

harbingers plural harbingers present,singular,third-person harbingering participle,present harbingered participle,past harbingered past

词汇关系

衍生词

harbinger-of-spring harbingership

词源

词源 1

Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour, herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from herbergier (“to set up camp; to shelter; to take shelter”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns), from Old High German heribergan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army camp, shelter”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, borrow.

词源 2

Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour, herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from herbergier (“to set up camp; to shelter; to take shelter”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns), from Old High German heribergan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army camp, shelter”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, borrow.