her·ald¹/`hɛrəld; ˈherəld/ v [T] 1 to be a sign that something is going to happen soon 预示…的来临［发生］: Familiar music heralded another news bulletin. 熟悉的音乐预告又一个新闻简报的开始。 2 to publicly praise, someone or something 公开赞扬: He was heralded as the poet of his generation. 他被赞誉为他那个时代的代表诗人。