portentous [pɔ:'tentəs, 'pəu-]

英汉解释

adj. 不祥的；预兆的；令人惊讶的

同义词

a. fateful，foreboding，grandiloquent，prodigious

参考例句

1. A portentous soufflé that never truly rises.
一部自命不凡的杂凑，不可能真正成功。
2. Answer: Workshop worker can hide below car, machine tool and loftier equipment, not portentous fluster runs.
答：车间工人可以躲在车、机床及较高大的设备下，不可惊慌乱跑。
3. Now, after seeing a hundred Invid ships anchored in Fantomaspace, and with Lang's portentous whisperings in his ear, he found her, and the sight only served to double his dread.
现在，当他看到一百艘因维战舰停靠在凡托玛空间，听到朗说出的那些不祥耳语之后，他终于找到了她，但这场面只是让他倍加担忧。

英英解释

adj.
  1. of momentous or ominous significance
  2. ominously prophetic
  3. puffed up with vanity

网络释义

portentous
奇特,不祥的; 预示性的; 奇怪的; 不详的，异常的;
augural portentous precursory premonitory
前兆的;
ill-fated ill-omened inauspicious infelicitous portentous
不吉的;