英语词汇bird of ill omen的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bird of ill omen. Birds that appeared to the right of the augur who stood on Rome’s Capitoline Hill were considered good luck, and any bird that appeared on his left was said to indicate bad luck. It is from the ceremony of this Roman religious offi- cial and fortune-teller that we get the phrase bird of ill omen, which is still applied to a bearer of bad news or an unlucky per- son. Specific birds that have been considered unlucky over the years include the owl, which is said to screech when bad weath- er (and hence, sickness) is coming, the raven, and the vulture, held to indicate death, as well as the crow and the albatross un- der certain circumstances.

词汇	bird of ill omen
词源	bird of ill omen. Birds that appeared to the right of the augur who stood on Rome’s Capitoline Hill were considered good luck, and any bird that appeared on his left was said to indicate bad luck. It is from the ceremony of this Roman religious offi- cial and fortune-teller that we get the phrase bird of ill omen, which is still applied to a bearer of bad news or an unlucky per- son. Specific birds that have been considered unlucky over the years include the owl, which is said to screech when bad weath- er (and hence, sickness) is coming, the raven, and the vulture, held to indicate death, as well as the crow and the albatross un- der certain circumstances.
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