om·i·nous
adjective/ˈɒmɪnəs/
/ˈɑːmɪnəs/
- suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future
不祥的；恶兆的；不吉利的 - There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
不祥的黑云在头顶上汇聚。 - 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。 - Things looked ominous for Susan.
对于苏珊来说，事情看起来不妙。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOminous is used with these nouns:- cloud
- implication
- rumble
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- ‘omen’. - There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.