\\\"he looked for an omen before going into battle\\\"
Verb:
indicate by signs;
\\\"These signs bode bad news\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
A cleft lip or palate is not a curse or omen. 唇裂或腭裂并非上天的詛咒，厄運的征兆。
What does the early days omen of lung cancer have? 肺癌的前期征兆有哪些？
The omen of bankruptcy hung over the company. 那家公司出現了破產的預兆。
Ancient people thought a lunar eclipse was a bad omen. 古代的人們相信月蝕是一種壞的預兆。
用作及物動詞(vt.)
Was this some twisted omen, a small suggestion of a dire fate awaiting him? 這僅僅是一個預兆，預示著等待他的將是可怕的命運？
It is thought unlucky to see a hare in the morning but to meet a wolf or a bear is an omen that hunting will be good. 人們認為一大早看到野兔是會倒霉的，但如果碰到狼或熊則是一個好兆頭，因為它將預示著狩獵的順利。
常用短語
absit omen
避兇趨吉！
ill-omened
不吉的
組詞
A bad place full of miserable omen.
出自：T. Keneally
Like an omen from hell..a woman\\\'s screams shattered the silence.