参考词典中ominous的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 恶兆的,不吉利的,预兆的
词形变化
- 名 词:om'i·nous·ness副 词:om'i·nous·ly
参考例句
- Marked by or indicative of foreboding;ominous.
预示的显示出或预示一种征兆的;预兆的 - To give forth a mournful or ominous sound.
发出哀鸣发出哀伤或不祥的声音 - ominous black clouds;ominous rumblings of discontent.
不祥的黑云;有威胁的不满之声
- Marked by or indicative of foreboding;ominous.
英英解释
2个形容词解释
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
[同] forbidding, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
[例]- 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
- presaging ill fortune
[同] ill, inauspicious, ominous
[例]- 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
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