资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Betokening}.]
   1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or
      tokens.

            A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . .
            Betokening peace from God, and covenant new.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future
      by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often
      betokens a storm.

   Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.