Omen

(noun.) a sign of something about to happen; 'he looked for an omen before going into battle'.

迪莉娅编辑

• This was an evil omen. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• And very much indebted for the omen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Death on the cards, love in the stars, and the muttered prophecies of crouching hags, terrified at the omen of flying bat, of shrieking night-bird. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• There was something almost bridal in his own aspect: his large white gardenia had a symbolic air that struck Lily as a good omen. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You took me by surprise,' said Mr Rokesmith, 'and it sounded like an omen, that you should speak of showing the Dead to one so young and blooming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Was he a messenger, an omen of the universal dissolution into whiteness and snow? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Justinian, however, abandoned such cognomen as of evil omen, and called it The Western Pass, by which title it was generally called by the Melnosians. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Not a bad idea; the head will serve for my new coinage, and be an omen to all dutiful subjects of my future success. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Thou art a thing of bad omen. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This is a good omen for you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I accept the omen. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Hope beckons and sorrow urges us, the heart beats high with expectation, and this eager desire of change must be an omen of success. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It will be a good omen for me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr. Vholes, said my guardian, eyeing his black figure as if he were a bird of ill omen, has brought an ugly report of our most unfortunate Rick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• All such things are of evil omen. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Comets, meteors, an d eclipses were considered as omens portending pestilence, national disaster, or the fate of kings. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I dangers dared; I hindrance scorned; I omens did defy: Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I met several funerals; they were slenderly attended by mourners, and were regarded by the spectators as omens of direst import. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ghouls, vampires, omens, dreams, and all those grewsome things, he used to revel in. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Sunshine and laughter were good omens for a pleasure party, and soon a lively bustle began in both houses. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And so the journey began with the good omens of sunshine, smiles, and cheerful words. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

校对:菲利斯