名詞 portent:

1. a sign of something about to happen
   同義詞：omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

1. Signs full of portent.
   充滿兇兆的現(xiàn)象
2. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death.
   靈魂出竅，亡魂顯現(xiàn)活著的人在其臨死前出現(xiàn)的作為預兆的鬼魂
3. A sign of a future happening; a portent.
   前兆表明將來要發(fā)生的事情的現(xiàn)象; 預兆

por.tent

n.（名詞）
An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
預告，為…的征兆：預示著重大事情或災難性事情即將發(fā)生的預兆；預告
Prophetic or threatening significance:
惡兆或兇兆：
例句：
signs full of portent.
充滿兇兆的現(xiàn)象

Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.
異常的人或事；奇異的事

來源：
Latin portentum [from neuter past participle of] portendere [to portend] * see portend
拉丁語 portentum [] 源自portendere的中性過去分詞 [預示] *參見 portend