Betoken

(v. t.) To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

(v. t.) To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

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• A few small houses, scattered on either side of the road, betoken the entrance to some town or village. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Sarkoja thought it best, she answered, her face betokening her disapproval of the procedure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• A stranger, a careless observer might have considered that Mrs. Thornton's manner to her children betokened far more love to Fanny than to John. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Her extraordinary fixity, her conspicuous loneliness, her heedlessness of night, betokened among other things an utter absence of fear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• As I went into the house I noticed signs in the sky which betokened a break in the weather for the better. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• His step was elastic, and his face betokened inward pleasantry, as he advanced to Mr. Bumble, and shook him cordially by the hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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