omen
英 ['əʊmən]
美['omən]
- n. 预兆；征兆
- vt. 预示；有…的前兆；预告
词态变化
复数: omens;
中文词源
omen 预兆
来自拉丁语omen,预兆，预示，来自古拉丁语osmen,词源不详。可能来自PIE*audh,感知，看，词源同audience,aesthete.
英文词源
- omen
- omen: [16] Omen was a direct borrowing from Latin ōmen, whose derivative ōminōsus also gave English ominous [16]. From the same source comes abominable.
=> abominable, ominous - omen (n.)
- 1580s, from Latin omen "foreboding," from Old Latin osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear" [OED] or from PIE *o- "to believe, hold as true" (cognates: Greek oiomai "I suppose, think, believe").
双语例句
- 1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.
- 她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers.
- 异乎寻常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It is said to be an omen of misfortune.
- 那被认为是一种不幸的先兆.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.
- 迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The clouds omen rain.
- 这乌云预示要下雨.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》