bode

verb

🔊/bəʊd/

Word OriginOld English bodian ‘proclaim, foretell’, from boda ‘messenger’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to bid1.

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bode	🔊/bəʊd/ 🔊/bəʊd/
he / she / it bodes	🔊/bəʊdz/ 🔊/bəʊdz/
past simple boded	🔊/ˈbəʊdɪd/ 🔊/ˈbəʊdɪd/
past participle boded	🔊/ˈbəʊdɪd/ 🔊/ˈbəʊdɪd/
-ing form boding	🔊/ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈbəʊdɪŋ/

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Idioms

bode well/ill (for somebody/something)

(formal) to be a good/bad sign for somebody/something（对某人／某事）是吉兆，是凶兆 synonym augur
- These figures do not bode well for the company's future.这些数据对于公司的前景不是个好兆头。🔊🔊
- The look on her face boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day.那天，任何人只要走过她的路，脸上的表情就会生病。