omen

英 [ˈəʊmən]

美 [ˈoʊmən]

n.  预兆; 前兆; 征兆

复数：omens　现在分词：omening　过去式：omened　第三人称单数：omens　过去分词：omened　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11563 / COCA.14093

牛津词典

noun

• 预兆；前兆；征兆
  a sign of what is going to happen in the future
  1. a good/bad omen
     吉祥的 / 不祥的预兆
  2. an omen of death/disaster
     死亡 / 灾难的征兆
  3. The omens for their future success are not good.
     他们未来成功的预兆不祥。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 征兆；预兆；兆头
  If you say that something is anomen, you think it indicates what is likely to happen in the future and whether it will be good or bad.
  1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster...
     她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
  2. Could this at last be a good omen for peace?
     这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

英英释义

noun

• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:portentpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeportendauspicateprognosticatepresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• Every warrior spec without Cruelty is pretty experimental, as is every druid spec without Omen of Clarity.
  每一个战士规格不很残酷的实验，这是每一个德鲁伊规格没有预兆的清晰。
• This is very good omen.
  这是好的兆头。
• The ominous rumblings from a once-dormant volcano were a bad omen.
  一座曾一度休眠的火山不时传来不祥的轰隆隆声这可是个不好的预兆。
• He's a bird of bad omen: no mate for you.
  他是一只不祥的鸟，不是你的配偶。
• The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.
  迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
• Geomantic Omen is a peculiar cultural and traditional theory of China.
  风水是中国一门独特的文化和学说。
• Ancient people thought a lunar eclipse was a bad omen.
  古代的人们相信月蚀是一种坏的预兆。
• He looked for an omen before going into battle.
  我们看到了胜利的征兆。
• Chinese and Brazilian threats about the future of the UN-backed carbon offset market are a bad omen.
  中国和巴西对联合国（un）支持的碳补偿市场的未来发出的威胁，就是一个不祥的预兆。
• When it rained on their wedding day she took it as a bad omen.
  他们举行婚礼那天下雨了，她认为这是个不祥的象徵。