omens

1.They laughed about their miscue, but it was a bad omen.

他们笑着面对他们的失误，但是对于湖人而言，这成了一个不好的预兆。

2.The unusually heavy rainfall was an ill omen for the travellers.

异乎寻常的大雨是旅行者的不祥之兆。

3.Last week these sanguinary omens may be presumed to have fired his brain afresh.

上周腥的预兆可能是他头脑重新狂躁起来的导火索。

4.The secundine is expected to be hung over a lacquer tree as the lacquer tree has lacquer milk, an omen that the calf or the pony would have adequate milk.

胞衣要挂在漆树上面，因为漆树有漆浆，把胞衣挂到漆树上的话，小牛犊小得到更多的乳汁吃，这样才肯长。