omen
英 [ˈəʊ.mən]
美 [ˈoʊ.mən]
将“omen”分解为“o”和“men”。想象一个“o”代表太阳,它升起了,周围聚集了一些人(men),他们面带微笑,似乎在预示着好事即将发生。这个“太阳升起,人们欢笑”的画面可以帮助记忆“omen”意味着预兆或征兆。
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omen 预兆来自拉丁语omen,预兆,预示,来自古拉丁语osmen,词源不详。可能来自PIE*audh,感知,看,词源同audience,aesthete.
- omen
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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.
- 她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
- 2. The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers.
- 异乎寻常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆.
- 3. It is said to be an omen of misfortune.
- 那被认为是一种不幸的先兆.
- 4. The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.
- 迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆.
- 5. The clouds omen rain.
- 这乌云预示要下雨.