单词 | augury |
释义 | augury/ˈɔːɡjʊri /noun (plural auguries) 1A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen: they heard the sound as an augury of death...
1.1 [mass noun] The interpretation of omens.A brace of dead geese, embodying the classical Roman method of augury, act as an image of mortality....
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'divination'): from Old French augurie or Latin augurium 'interpretation of omens', from augur (see augur). |
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