资料来源 : pyDict

前兆,预示,异常之物

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

Portent \Por*tent"\ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See {Portend}.]
   That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends
   evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak.

         My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden.

资料来源 : WordNet®

portent
     n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
         before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {presage}, {prognostic},
          {prognostication}, {prodigy}]