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

Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heralded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Heralding}.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
   To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
   proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

heralded
     adj : publicly announced; "the royal couple's much heralded world
           tour"