premonitor
🇬🇧 UK/pri'mɔnitə/🇺🇸 US/pri'mɒnitә/
Definitions
n.
A person or thing that gives advance warning; a harbinger.
预先警告者;先兆
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.[serve as a premonitor]充当预警信号
- 2.[act as a premonitor]起到先兆作用
- 3.[early premonitor]早期预警迹象
Example Sentences
- 1.
The unusual animal behavior served as a premonitor of the approaching earthquake.
- 2.
Historians regard the border skirmishes as a premonitor of the full-scale war that followed.