foreshadowing

• 名词，指文学创作中的一种手法或技巧，作者提前暗示故事后续将发生的事，常用来制造悬念或为观众做铺垫。

A noun referring to the act of providing vague advance indications or representing something beforehand, often used in storytelling as a literary device.

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1. Literary deviceB2formalart

   A technique used by authors to give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

   文学手法

   • The dark clouds at the beginning of the novel are a foreshadowing of the tragic events to come.
   • Shakespeare often uses foreshadowing in his plays to build suspense.
   • The character's dream was a clear foreshadowing of the plot twist.

   同义词adumbrationforetokenhintomenportentprefigurationpresageprolepsissuggestion

• 动词，指预先暗示或预示将来要发生的事情，常用于文学或叙事语境中。

A verb used to indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future, often in a literary or narrative context.

1. Indicate in advanceB2formal

   To be a sign or warning of something that will happen in the future.

   预示

   • The dark clouds foreshadowed the coming storm.
   • His nervous behavior foreshadowed the bad news he was about to deliver.
   • The opening scene of the movie foreshadows the tragic ending.

   同义词adumbrateaugurbetokenforetokenheraldportendprefigurepresagesignal