adj. 1.预兆的，预示的(of)。 2.不吉的，不祥的，兆头坏的。 短语和例子 an ominous silence 可怕的沉默。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" 同义词：ill, inauspicious,
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" 同义词：baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening,
例句与用法
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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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Mrs. brangwen was silent, she seemed ominous . 布兰文太太不作声，似乎有些令人生畏。
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No man moved, awaiting the next ominous question . 谁也不敢动，都等着听下一个可怕的问题。
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His voice, for all its lightness, had an ominous ring . 他的话音虽轻，却含有一种不祥的腔调。
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Their departure looked ominous because lightening hit the tree . 因为闪电打倒树木，所以他们的离去看起来不太吉利。
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Ominous items of news of varied credibility now began to come in . 这时，可信程度不同的各种不祥的消息开始传来了。
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The development of severe hypertension in glomerular disease is an ominous sign . 肾小球疾病时发生严重高血压是一种不良的现象。
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Dr. whipple and captain janders were already listening to the ominous sound . 惠普尔医生和詹德尔斯船上也已经听到这来势不善的声音。
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Even so there remained an ominous gap to the westward which for the time being could not be bridged . 虽然如此，西面仍有一个不祥的缺口，暂时还无法弥补。
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Such reports come from the world's edges, with their evocation of the unknown, the marvellous and the ominous . 这些报导是些绝域奇谈，渲染着神奇、不可知的凶兆。
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