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单词 augural
释义

augur /öˈgər/

noun
  1. Among the ancient Romans, a person who sought knowledge of secret or future things by observing the flight and the cries of birds
  2. A diviner
  3. A soothsayer
  4. Appar an augury or portent (Shakespeare)
transitive verb

To foretell from signs

intransitive verb
  1. To guess or conjecture
  2. To bode or portend
ORIGIN: L; prob from avis bird

auˈgural /-gū-rəl or -gyər-əl/ adjective

auˈgūrer noun (Shakespeare)

An augur

auˈgurship noun

auˈgūry noun

  1. The art or practice of auguring
  2. An omen

augur well (or ill) for

To be an encouraging (or discouraging) sign with respect to

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