herald

英 ['her(ə)ld] 美 ['hɛrəld]

解释

※ 提供单词"herald"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

herald 信使，使者，传达，通报

her-,军队，词源同harry,harbor,-ald,命令，统率，词源同wield.即军队统率官，指挥官，将军，后引申词义指挥官的使者，传令员，后用于指传达，通报。

herald: herald: [14] Etymologically, a herald is a ‘leader of an army’. The word comes via Old French herault from a prehistoric Germanic *khariwald-, a compound formed from *kharjaz ‘army’ (which occurs also in English harangue, harbinger, harbour, harness, and harry) and *wald- ‘rule’ (source of English wield). It is identical in origin with the personal name Harold.
=> harangue, harbinger, harbour, harness, harry, wield
herald (n.): late 13c. (in Anglo-Latin); c. 1200 as a surname, "messenger, envoy," from Anglo-French heraud, Old French heraut, hiraut (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *hariwald "commander of an army," from Proto-Germanic *harja "army" (from PIE root *koro- "war;" see harry) + *waldaz "to command, rule" (see wield). The form fits, but the sense evolution is difficult to explain, unless in reference to the chief officer of a tournament, who introduced knights and made decisions on rules (which was one of the early senses, often as heraud of armes, though not the earliest in English).
herald (v.): late 14c., "to sound the praises of," from herald (n.). Related: Heralded; heralding.

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1. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.: 他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。

2. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less.: 我认为这份报告预示着会有更多、而不是更少的自由，因此对它表示欢迎。