• n. 預兆；征兆
• vt. 預示；有…的前兆；預告

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.

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》