• n. 预兆；征兆
• vt. 预示；有…的前兆；预告

来自拉丁语omen,预兆，预示，来自古拉丁语osmen,词源不详。可能来自PIE*audh,感知，看，词源同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.

她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。

来自柯林斯例句

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

异乎寻常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

那被认为是一种不幸的先兆.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.

迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The clouds omen rain.

这乌云预示要下雨.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》