foretelling是什么意思？

foretelling

英[fɔ:telɪŋ] 美[fɔtelɪŋ]

• v. 预言，预示( foretell的现在分词 )；

例句

• Heavy clouds hang low over a dilapidated homestead in the Midwest, foretelling a possible tornado. 厚厚的云层低低地悬在中西部残破的宅地上空, 预示可能发生龙卷风.
• Are you calling or foretelling? 你是否在召唤或者预言?

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  预言;预知;预测
  If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen.
  例句
  ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world. 预言了世界末日的先知

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a statement made about the future
  2. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means