omens

英 [ˈəʊmɛnz]

美 [ˈoʊmənz]

n.  预兆; 前兆; 征兆
omen的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 征兆；预兆；兆头
  If you say that something is anomen, you think it indicates what is likely to happen in the future and whether it will be good or bad.
  1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster...
     她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
  2. Could this at last be a good omen for peace?
     这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

双语例句

• The omens are not auspicious.
  预兆并不乐观。
• These are all positive omens.
  这些都是正面的兆头。
• I do not believe in omens. He speaks like a drunken man.
  希罗底王后：我才不信什么预兆呢，他说话像个醉鬼。
• I will speak to them in dreams and omens.
  我会在梦里告诉他们。
• Since a king and a prime minister once lived here, it must be a place with auspicious geomantic omens.
  商王和宰相都住过这里，这里一定是一块风水宝地。
• Here the omens are not good for the US.
  美国在这方面兆头不佳。
• But for me all omens are favourable if I will, for, whatever the issue may be, it is in my power to get benefit therefrom.
  但是对于我本身来说，如果我想，所有的预兆都是对我好的，因为不管我失去了什么，我还是可以自己觉得从中获得益处。
• Such omens betide no good. Many of the physical features that make us attractive to one another are, in fact, signals of our health and fertility.
  许多使我们对他人具有吸引力的身体特征，其实是表现健康与生育能力的征兆。
• You're confident of the meaning of these omens?
  你确信那些神兆的意义吗？
• There is no famine at present, but the omens for the winter are not good and many people will face starvation.
  目前没有饥荒，但是冬天的预兆不好，很多人会面临饥饿。