英 [ˈɒmɪnəs] 美 [ˈɑːmɪnəs]
adj. 预兆的，不吉利的
比较级more ominous
最高级most ominous
ominous /ˈɒmɪnəs/ TEM8
形容词 If you describe something as ominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something bad is going to happen. 不祥的
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
电话那端是一阵不祥的沉默。
副词 不祥地
The bar seemed ominously quiet.
那个酒吧似乎寂静得让人觉得不祥。
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
ominous rumblings of discontent
同义词： baleful / forbidding / menacing / minacious / minatory / sinister / threatening
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... odd adj.奇数的,单只的；带零头的,余的；古怪的 ominous adj.恶兆的,不吉利的 omnipotent adj.无所不能的 ...
ominously 恶兆地；不吉利地
预兆的；不吉利的
There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
电话那端是一阵不祥的沉默。
She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
她拿起电话，但对方只有不祥的沉默。
(OMINOUS ROCK THEME PLAYING) They were leaving. Then they heard us.
VOA : standard.other
Those last lines, then, are so ominous and strange.
最后几行，十分不详而诡异。
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Now, that sounds dark to us, ominous.
可现在的我们听起来阴暗,坏兆头啊
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(OMINOUS THEME PLAYS) (WIND WHISTLING SOFTLY) (SNIFFING) You brought a snack.
VOA : standard.other
"And like Lyndon Johnson he has this really ominous problem, which is if you escalate in Afghanistan and we end up in that swamp that will over time be a kind of constant drain on support and enthusiasm among young people, among minorities,among liberals, among progressives and it will really sap the president's ability to continue to energize this broad agenda,".
VOA : standard.2009.12.29
"False Idols" draws from an ominous palette where danger and sensuality exist in equal measure.
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As ominous as that sounds, Zastava does have a few things going for it.
Compounding the EPS weakness and the softer net adds: an ominous discussion of the near-term outlook.