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omen

noun
🔊/ˈəʊmən/
🔊/ˈəʊmən/
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  1. a sign of what is going to happen in the future预兆；前兆；征兆 synonym portent
    • a good/bad omen吉祥的／不祥的预兆
    • an omen of death/disaster死亡／灾难的征兆
    • omen for something The omens for their future success are not good.他们未来成功的预兆不祥。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • They took the storm as a bad omen.他们把那场暴风雨看作不祥的预兆。
    • The sunny weather was a good omen for the holiday.阳光明媚的天气是假期的一个好征兆。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • bad
    • evil
    • …
    verb + omen
    • take something as
    preposition
    • omen for
    • omen of
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin.