| 单词 | augur |
| 释义 | augur augur1 /aw"geuhr/, n. 1. one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs. 2. soothsayer; prophet. v.t. 3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate. 4. to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year. v.i. 5. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict. 6. to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area. [1540-50; < L augur (var. of auger) a diviner, soothsayer, deriv. of augere to AUGMENT with orig. implication of "prosper"; cf. AUGUST] augur2 /aw"geuhr/, Western U.S. v.i. 1. to argue, talk, or converse. n. 2. an excessively talkative person. [1920-25; metathetic var. of ARGUE; n. perh. by assoc. with AUGER] |
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