音标：['әumәn] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 预兆, 前兆, 征兆
vt. 预示, 有...的前兆, 显出...的预兆

n. a sign of something about to happen

词型变化：名词复数形式 : omens ; 现在分词 : omening ; 过去式 : omened ; 第三人称单数 : omens ; 过去分词 : omened
考试类型：[IELTS]

词性分布：

名词100%

omen的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

A cleft lip or palate is not a curse or omen.唇裂或腭裂并非上天的诅咒，厄运的征兆。
What does the early days omen of lung cancer have?肺癌的前期征兆有哪些？
The omen of bankruptcy hung over the company.那家公司出现了破产的预兆。
Ancient people thought a lunar eclipse was a bad omen.古代的人们相信月蚀是一种坏的预兆。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Was this some twisted omen, a small suggestion of a dire fate awaiting him?这仅仅是一个预兆，预示着等待他的将是可怕的命运？
It is thought unlucky to see a hare in the morning but to meet a wolf or a bear is an omen that hunting will be good.人们认为一大早看到野兔是会倒霉的，但如果碰到狼或熊则是一个好兆头，因为它将预示着狩猎的顺利。

词汇搭配

absit omen避凶趋吉！
ill-omened不吉的

经典引文

A bad place full of miserable omen.
出自：T. Keneally
Like an omen from hell..a woman's screams shattered the silence.
出自：A. Davis
The omens for the future may not be so bleak.
出自：Which?

【近义词】

portent前兆
sign手势
warning警告
forecast预测
indication指示
presage预感
premonition（不祥的）预感...
augury预言
foretoken预兆
signify表示
threat威胁
symptom症状
foreboding不祥的预感
predict预言
auspicate卜得吉兆而开始...
prodigy惊人的事物
prognostic预兆的
prognostication预知
prefigure预示
prognosticate预知
augur占兆官
foreshadow预示
bode预示
foretell预言
betoken预示
portend 成为 ... 的前兆...

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