ominous

英['ɒmɪnəs] 美['ɑːmɪnəs]
  • adj. 不祥的；预兆的
ominously ominousness
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星级词汇:
  • ominous adj.不祥的；预兆的

详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 预兆的
    2. 不祥的
    3. 不吉的
    4. 恶兆的
    5. 兆头坏的
    6. 不良的
    7. 可怕的
    8. 来势不善的
    9. 使人不安的

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

    "a baleful look"
    "forbidding thunderclouds"
    "his tone became menacing"
    "ominous rumblings of discontent"
    "sinister storm clouds"
    "a sinister smile"
    "his threatening behavior"
    "ugly black clouds"
    "the situation became ugly"

  2. presaging ill fortune;

    "ill omens"
    "ill predictions"
    "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"
    "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
    "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

双语例句

1. The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous.
远处隆隆的雷声听着愈发惊心，要变天了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
进展很不顺利，对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。

来自柯林斯例句

3. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic.
这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。

来自柯林斯例句

4. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。

来自《权威词典》

5. Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.
那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. That evening has an ominous silence.
      那晚有着不祥的寂静。
    2. She often has an ominous presentiment.
      她时时有一种不祥的预感。
    3. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
      不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
    4. He had a fall, which was ominous of his downfall.
      他曾跌倒，这是他垮台的征兆。

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【邻近词汇】

omission omer ominously
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