omen
n[C, U]
~ (of sth) (event regarded as a) sign that sth good or bad will happen in the future 预兆; 徵兆
a good/bad omen 好[坏]兆头
an omen of victory 胜利的预兆
a bird of ill omen 不祥的鸟.
OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.
New Zealand is an impotant agricultural country with a small population. In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province, yet has a much smaller population.
新西兰是一个人口很少的重要的农业国。新西兰的面积比广东省大,但人口却少得多。
Von Frisch wanted to find out whether the dance told them how far away the feeding place was.