forerunner 音标拼音: [f'ɔr
, ʌnɚ]
n . 先驱
先驱
forerunner n 1 :
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another [
synonym : {
precursor }, {
forerunner }]
2 :
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [
synonym : {
harbinger }, {
forerunner },
{
predecessor }, {
herald }, {
precursor }]
3 :
anything that precedes something similar in time ; "
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience " [
synonym : {
antecedent },
{
forerunner }]
Forerunner \
Fore *
run "
ner \,
n .
1 .
A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others ;
a harbinger ;
a sign foreshowing something ;
a prognostic ;
as ,
the forerunner of a fever .
[
1913 Webster ]
Whither the forerunner in for us entered ,
even Jesus . --
Heb .
vi .
20 .
[
1913 Webster ]
My elder brothers ,
my forerunners ,
came . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A predecessor ;
an ancestor . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Naut .)
A piece of rag terminating the log line .
[
1913 Webster ]
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "
forerunner ":
Gabriel ,
Mahdi ,
advertisement ,
advertiser ,
ancestor ,
announcement ,
announcer ,
antecedent ,
augury ,
author ,
avant -
garde ,
bell cow ,
bell mare ,
bellwether ,
born leader ,
buccinator ,
buccinator novi temporis ,
bushwhacker ,
charismatic leader ,
choirmaster ,
choragus ,
coach ,
conductor ,
coryphaeus ,
duce ,
envoy ,
evangel ,
evangelist ,
example ,
exemplar ,
explorer ,
file leader ,
forebear ,
forefather ,
foregoer ,
foreshadow ,
foreshadower ,
foretoken ,
forewarning ,
front runner ,
frontiersman ,
fugleman ,
groundbreaker ,
guide ,
harbinger ,
herald ,
herald angel ,
initiator ,
innovator ,
inspired leader ,
instructor ,
lead runner ,
leader ,
leader of men ,
mark ,
mentor ,
messenger ,
messiah ,
model ,
omen ,
originator ,
outrider ,
pacemaker ,
pacesetter ,
pathfinder ,
pattern ,
pioneer ,
point ,
portent ,
precedent ,
precentor ,
precursor ,
predecessor ,
premise ,
premonition ,
premonitor ,
preparationist ,
preparator ,
preparer ,
presage ,
presager ,
progenitor ,
prognostic ,
prototype ,
ringleader ,
scout ,
sign ,
standard -
bearer ,
stormy petrel ,
symphonic conductor ,
symptom ,
teacher ,
token ,
torchbearer ,
trailblazer ,
trailbreaker ,
trainer ,
vanguard ,
vaunt -
courier ,
voortrekker ,
warning
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