omens
[ˈəʊmənz]

n.

前兆，预兆( omen的名词复数 )；

英英释义

omen

• n.a sign of something about to happen

  "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

  同义词：portentpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy

• v.indicate by signs

  同义词：bodeportendauspicateprognosticatepresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

词组短语

auspicious omen吉祥；好兆头

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. A cleft lip or palate is not a curse or omen.
   唇裂或腭裂并非上天的诅咒，厄运的征兆。
2. What does the early days omen of lung cancer have?
   肺癌的前期征兆有哪些？
3. The omen of bankruptcy hung over the company.
   那家公司出现了破产的预兆。
4. Ancient people thought a lunar eclipse was a bad omen.
   古代的人们相信月蚀是一种坏的预兆。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. Was this some twisted omen, a small suggestion of a dire fate awaiting him?
   这仅仅是一个预兆，预示着等待他的将是可怕的命运？
2. It is thought unlucky to see a hare in the morning but to meet a wolf or a bear is an omen that hunting will be good.
   人们认为一大早看到野兔是会倒霉的，但如果碰到狼或熊则是一个好兆头，因为它将预示着狩猎的顺利。

权威例句

Thermal omens before earthquakes
Breast Cancer: Reading the Omens
Breast Cancer: Reading the Omens
HIV-1 superinfections: omens for vaccine efficacy?
Contradictory omens : cultural diversity and integration in the Caribbean
OMENS-Plus: analysis of craniofacial and extracraniofacial anomalies in hemifacial microsomia.
Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy.
Book review: Omens of the millennium: The gnosis of angels, dreams, and resurrection
Hemifacial microsomia: use of the OMENS-Plus classification at the Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne.
Hemifacial microsomia: clinical features and pictographic representations of the OMENS classification system.