augury

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. countable,uncountable
  2. An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
  3. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. countable,uncountable
    — Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.

词形变化

auguries plural

词汇关系

近义词
zoomancy
下位词
ailuromancy felidomancy alectryomancy arachnomancy auspice ornithomancy entomomancy hippomancy ichthyomancy myomancy myrmomancy ophiomancy
相关词
augur

词源

From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
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