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ominous

美['ɑːmɪnəs]  英['ɒmɪnəs]
adj.  不祥的;预兆的
  副词:ominously  名词:ominousness
  近义词:threatening,menacing,unfavorable,sinister,forbidding,black,significant,alarming,fated,portentous,warning,worrying,gloomy,ill-omened,unpromising,fateful,foreboding,minacious,baleful,minatory,ill,inauspicious,

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"

例句

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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