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").
雙語例句
1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.
她在此刻出現(xiàn)預示著一場災難。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers.