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augury

/aw-gyuh-ree/US // ˈɔ gyə ri //UK // (ˈɔːɡjʊrɪ) //

预兆,预言,预示,预示着

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural au·gu·ries.

    • : the art or practice of an augur; divination.
    • : the rite or ceremony of an augur.
    • : an omen, token, or indication.

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Examples

  • When he ended Vieux Carré with the stage direction, “The house is empty now,” Lahr somberly terms it “an augury and an epitaph.”

  • But Andrea spills salt upon the table, which evil augury seems to be taken seriously.

  • Hope was the first horse Napoleon rode on the island, and it pleased him to think that this name was an augury.

  • No other mode of augury is received with such implicit faith by the people, the nobility, and the priesthood.

  • Above all, there were expressions in his letters that seemed of sad augury.

  • They knew not that it was an augury of the fateful tragedy at the gates of Spain.