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ominous

英 ['ɒmɪnəs] 美['ɑmɪnəs]
  • adj. 预兆的;不吉利的

英英释意


1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
"a baleful look"
"forbidding thunderclouds"
"his tone became menacing"
"ominous rumblings of discontent"
"sinister storm clouds"
"a sinister smile"
"his threatening behavior"
"ugly black clouds"
"the situation became ugly"
2. presaging ill-fortune;
"ill omens"
"ill predictions"
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
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