omen
noun /ˈəʊmən/
/ˈəʊmən/
- a sign of what is going to happen in the future
预兆；前兆；征兆 - a good/bad omen
吉祥的／不祥的预兆 - an omen of death/disaster
死亡／灾难的征兆 - omen for something The omens for their future success are not good.
他们未来成功的预兆不祥。
- They took the storm as a bad omen.
他们把那场暴风雨看作不祥的预兆。 - The sunny weather was a good omen for the holiday.
阳光明媚的天气是假期的一个好征兆。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- bad
- evil
- …
- take something as
- omen for
- omen of
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin. - a good/bad omen