Word of the Day：April 28, 2021

herald

預示；宣稱

verb HAIR-uld

Definition

1：to give notice of：announce

發出通知：宣布

2 a：to greet especially with enthusiasm：hail

熱情地打招呼：招呼；（正）歌頌；捧

b：publicize

宣傳；宣揚；推廣

3：to signal the approach of : foreshadow

預示……來臨：預兆

Examples

The appearance of robins heralded the arrival of spring.

知更鳥的出現預示着春天到了。

"The amount of money invested into U.K. tech companies has almost doubled in the past six months, heralding what prime minister Boris Johnson says could be a 'record-breaking year in 2021.'" — Ollie Williams, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2021

“在過去六個月裡，投資于英國科技公司的資金幾乎翻了一番，這預示着英國首相鮑裡斯·約翰遜(Boris Johnson)所說的2021年可能是創新紀錄的一年。””

Did You Know?

While herald the verb is more common today, herald the noun is older. When the word was first used in the early 14th century, it referred to an official at a tournament (one of those knightly sporting events the Middle Ages are famous for); the herald's duties included making announcements, hence the word's uses relating to announcements, literal and metaphorical. The word is ultimately Germanic in origin, coming from a long-lost word that can be translated as "one directing or having authority over a body of armed men," though like so many words of 14th century vintage, it came to English by way of Anglo-French. The resemblance between herald and the name Harold is not coincidental: Harold is a modern form of Chariovalda, the name of a 1st century C.E. leader of the Batavi, a tribe who lived on the lower Rhine. The Germanic source of Chariovalda, turned into a generic noun, is also the source of herald.

動詞 herald在今天更為常見，名詞 herald 則古老些。當這個詞在14世紀初首次被使用時，它指的是an official at a tournament(中世紀著名的騎士體育賽事之一);the herald's duties 包括了發布公告，因此這個詞面上和隐喻中與 announcements「聲明」有關。這個詞起源于日耳曼語，來自一個失傳已久的詞，可以翻譯為“one directing or having authority over a body of armed men「指揮權力的人或擁有武裝權威的人」”，不過就像許多14世紀的詞一樣，它是通過 Anglo-French傳入英語的。herald和名字 Harold 的相似之處并非巧合：Harold 是Chariovalda 的現代形式，他是公元1世紀巴塔維部落的首領，該部落位于萊茵河下遊。日耳曼語裡的“Chariovalda”(一個通用名詞) 也是“herald”一詞的來源。

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