herald
verb
noun
ˈherəld
verb
1
to
be
a
sign
of
something
that
is
going
to
come
or
happen
soon
预示…的发生
A
flash
of
lightning
heralded
torrential
rain.
一道闪电预示着暴雨即将来临。
Flashing
blue
lights
heralded
the
arrival
of
the
police.
闪烁的蓝色灯光说明警察就要来了。
2
to
say
publicly
that
someone
or
something
will
be
good
or
important
公开称赞
be
heralded
as
sth
When
it
opened,
the
hospital
was
heralded
as
a
new
way
forward
in
nursing
care.
该医院刚开始营业的时候被誉为护理业的突破。
noun
3
someone
who
carried
messages
from
a
ruler
in
the
past
〔古时的〕传令官
C
4
herald of sth
a
sign
that
something
is
soon
going
to
happen
某事的预兆
a
bowl
of
daffodils,
the
first
bright
heralds
of
spring
一盆水仙花，春天的第一个鲜亮的预兆