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augury

🇬🇧 UK/'ɒ:gjuri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

An omen or sign of things to come; the practice of predicting events from animal behaviour.

预兆,征兆;占卜

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
augaugur, omen, begin, initiate
+
urconnector
+
ycharacterized by
=augury

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Many cultures interpret natural phenomena as auguries of significant future events.

  • 2.

    The comet was regarded as an augury of both disaster and transformation by ancient astronomers.

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