An omen is a sign that something will happen later — a bird, a dream, a strange little event that people read as news from the future. It can be a good omen or a bad omen, but when someone just says 'an omen', they often mean a worrying one.

An omenan omenis a sign是一種徵兆that something will happen later預示著之後會發生什麼事— a bird, a dream, a strange little event——一隻鳥、一個夢、一件奇怪的小事that people read as人們把它解讀成news from the future來自未來的消息。It can be它可以是a good omen好兆頭or或a bad omen壞兆頭, but但when someone just says當有人只說'an omen'「an omen」, they often mean他們通常是指a worrying one令人擔心的那種。

You hear it in stories, in talk about luck, and sometimes as a joke after a bad start ('that's a bad omen for the team').

You hear it你會聽到這個字in stories在故事裡, in talk about luck在講運氣的時候, and sometimes as a joke有時候也當玩笑用after a bad start在開局不順之後('that's a bad omen for the team')（像是「that's a bad omen for the team」，這對這支隊伍是壞兆頭）。

There is a verb, to omen, but it is rare; you mostly see it in books. Most people only use the noun.

There is a verb有一個動詞形, to omento omen, but但it is rare很少見; you mostly see it你大多只會看到它in books出現在書裡。Most people大部分人only use只用the noun名詞。

Though actually, science does not treat omens as real knowledge. The word lives on in culture, films, and everyday talk about luck, not in the weather report.

Though actually不過實際上, sciencescience不把does not treat當作omensomens(徵兆)as real knowledge當作真正的知識。The word這個字lives on還活在in culture, films, and everyday talk about luck文化、電影，和日常聊運氣的對話裡, not而不是in the weather report在天氣預報裡。