OMEN, n. A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.
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n. 符號(hào);手勢(shì);跡象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 簽名;打手勢(shì);
?? sign(mark)→記號(hào)；征兆；簽字；做手勢(shì)；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字簽在下面的空白處。
近義：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反義：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
vi. 發(fā)生;碰巧;出現(xiàn);偶然遇到;
?? hap(luck)+pen(動(dòng)詞后綴)→發(fā)生；偶然發(fā)生；碰巧
"It's frightening to think it could happen again."
想到此事可能再次發(fā)生就使人不寒而栗。
近義：arise, issue, occur, pass, supervene, transpire
n. 前兆;征兆;預(yù)兆;兆頭;
vt. 預(yù)示;預(yù)告;有…的前兆;
"The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers."
異乎尋常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆.
近義：herald, augur, portend, predict, prefigure, presage
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"Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars."
— Frederick Langbridge