V2EX harbinger

Harbinger

定义 Definition

harbinger /hr.bn.dr/ n.

预兆;先驱;预示某事即将到来的人或事物。通常用来指某种重要事件或变化的前兆。

发音 Pronunciation

/hr.bn.dr/

例句 Examples

A robin is often seen as a harbinger of spring.
知更鸟常被视为春天的预兆。

The sudden drop in stock prices was a harbinger of the economic crisis that would soon engulf the entire nation.
股价的骤降是即将席卷全国的经济危机的先兆。

词源 Etymology

harbinger 源自中古英语 herberger,意为"提供住处的人",最初指的是在军队或皇室出行前先行到达目的地、为大队人马安排住宿的先遣人员。该词再往前可追溯至古法语 herberge(住所),以及日耳曼语族的词根,与 harbour(港口、避难所)同源。随着时间推移,词义从"先行安排住宿的人"逐渐引申为"预示即将到来之事的先兆"。

相关词汇 Related Words

文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 莎士比亚在《麦克白》(Macbeth)中使用了 harbinger 一词:"The king comes here tonight." "The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements." 剧中多处以自然界的异象作为灾祸的 harbinger。
  • 在雪莱(Percy Bysshe Shelley)的《西风颂》(Ode to the West Wind)中,西风被描绘为变革的先驱,与 harbinger 的意象高度吻合:"O Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"
  • 纳撒尼尔霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne)在《红字》(The Scarlet Letter)中也使用了该词,用以描述某些事件作为命运转折的预兆。
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