ominous
英 ['ɒmɪnəs]
美['ɑmɪnəs]
- adj. 预兆的；不吉利的
词态变化
比较级: more ominous;最高级: most ominous;副词: ominously;
中文词源
ominous 不祥的
来自omen,预兆，预示，-ous,形容词后缀。即有预兆的，在早期也可指吉兆，现仅用来指凶兆，不祥的。
英文词源
- ominous (adj.)
- 1580s, from Latin ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen (genitive ominis) "foreboding" (see omen). Related: Ominousness.
双语例句
- 1. The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous.
- 远处隆隆的雷声听着愈发惊心，要变天了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
- 进展很不顺利，对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic.
- 这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
- 不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.
- 那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆.
来自《简明英汉词典》