herald
n.
Henry IV
1.officer having the duty of making proclamations.proclaimer. publisher发布官，传令官。
△H.VIII.4.2.69:“After my death I wish no other herald.” 在我死后，我不希望有其他的发布官。
2. harbinger,forerunner先行官，先驱。
△ Ado.2.1.319(306):“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy；”沉默是快乐的最好的先驱。
3. message-bearer,messenger,envoy信差，使者，使节。
△ Rom.2.5.4.:“Love’s heralds should be thoughts，”恋爱的信差应该是思想。
△ Rom.3.5.6:“Itwas the lark,the herald of the morn，”方才叫的是云雀，清晨的信使。
△Ham.3.4.58:“A station like the heraldMercury / New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill，”那姿态就像神使麦丘利刚刚降临在摩天的山顶上。
△R.III.4.3.55: “Jove’s Mercury,and herald for a king.”i.e. whois Jove’s Mercury and is therefore a fit messenger fora king.它（火速行动）像天帝的麦丘利，正好做一个国王的先行官。
4. officer whose business was to carry messages be-tween hostile parties or armies （敌对双方或两军之间的）信使。
△H.V.3.5.36:“Where is Montjoy the herald?”信使蒙乔在哪里？
5. officer who had charge of the armorial bearings ofthe nobles,authority on heraldry管理贵族纹章的官员，纹章专家。
△Shr.2.1.223 (224): “A herald,Kate? O,put me in thy books!”你是纹章局的官员吗，凯特？ 啊，那就把我登记到你那本子里吧！
Phrases:
herald’s coat: ❶i.e. tabard,or herald’s sleevelessofficial dress with the sovereign’s coat of arms传令官的无袖制服。
△1H.IV.4.2.47 (43):“and the half shirtis two napkins tacked together and thrown over theshoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves；”那半件衬衫还是两块餐巾缝在一起，披到肩上，好像传令官的无袖制服。
❷heraldic coat of arms盾形纹章。
△2H.VI.4. 10. 73 (69):“Ne'er shall this blood be wipedfrom thy point,/But thou shaltwear it as a herald's coat，”你剑刃上的血迹永远不要擦掉，而要一直带着它，就像贵族的家徽。
night-walking heralds: noctur-nal messengers.i.e. secret em-issaries夜行的送信人，（即）秘密信使。
△R.III.1.1.71: “By heav-en,I think there is no mansecure / But the Queen's kin-dred and night-walking heralds /That trudge betwixt the King and Mistress Shore.” 天哪，我想，除了王后的亲戚和在国王与肖尔太太之间夜晚传信的使者以外，再没有什么人是安全的了。
a herald's sleeve-less coat (tabard)
herald
vt. conduct,usher带领，引导。
△Mac.1.3.100:“We are sent / To give thee from our royal masterthanks,/ Only to herald thee into his sight，”i.e.On-ly to conduct you to his presence and proclaim yourarrival. 我们是奉命来传达王上的谢意，并且先只引你前去觐见。
herald[ˈherəld]
n.节目主持人，节目单，戏单，报幕员，通报者，使者/v.预兆，通报
‖ heraldic[heˈrældik]n.预告的，预兆的，纹章学的
heraldic art纹章艺术
heraldic memorial纪念章
heraldry[ˈherəldri]n.纹章，纹章学，勋章