• n. 預(yù)兆；征兆
• vt. 預(yù)示；有…的前兆；預(yù)告

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)omen,預(yù)兆，預(yù)示，來(lái)自古拉丁語(yǔ)osmen,詞源不詳?？赡軄?lái)自PIE*audh,感知，看，詞源同audience,aesthete.

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").

1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.

她在此刻出現(xiàn)預(yù)示著一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers.

異乎尋常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. It is said to be an omen of misfortune.

那被認(rèn)為是一種不幸的先兆.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.

迷信的人認(rèn)為那是一種惡兆.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The clouds omen rain.

這烏云預(yù)示要下雨.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》