omen
英 ['??m?n]
美['om?n]
- n. 預兆；征兆
- vt. 預示；有…的前兆；預告
TEM4IELTS低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?omens;
中文詞源
omen 預兆
來自拉丁語omen,預兆，預示，來自古拉丁語osmen,詞源不詳。可能來自PIE*audh,感知，看，詞源同audience,aesthete.
英文詞源
- 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").
雙語例句
- 1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.
- 她在此刻出現預示著一場災難。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It is said to be an omen of misfortune.
- 那被認為是一種不幸的先兆.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.
- 迷信的人認為那是一種惡兆.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The clouds omen rain.
- 這烏云預示要下雨.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》