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

• 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。
• 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。
• It seemed like an omen.
  这似乎是一个征兆。
• England's victory over France is a good omen for next week's match against germany.
  英国队战胜了法国队对下星期和德国队的比赛而盲是个好兆头。
• The omen of this year is good, and the lucky comes back on the mah-jongg table.
  今年的兆头确实不错，连牌桌上也转运了。
• The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.
  迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
• The camels are restless. A bad omen for you I think.
  这些骆驼很不平静。我想，对你这是个坏兆头。
• Do you know the color of your dreams you have any omen?
  你知道你梦中的颜色有什么预兆吗？
• A portentous sign or event; an omen.
  预兆，异兆有预兆性的现象或事件；征兆。
• And they even protected massive virgin forests with the reason of geomantic omen.
  他们并以风水为理由，保护了大片原始森林。