augury
augury — noun
- augurysingular
- auguriesplural
1. an event or sight that people take as a clue about what lies ahead
an event or sight that people take as a clue about what lies ahead
Pim watched the crow land on the roof and called it a dark augury.
collocation: dark augury
A ring of pale light circling the moon was seen as an augury of storms.
passive pattern: be seen as an augury of [event]
Rachid read the flight of three hawks as an augury of victory.
Aoi found a broken mirror on the path and feared it was a bad augury.
Whenever Sana sees sudden fog, she calls it an augury of trouble.
文法句型
an augury of + noun
a good/bad/dark augury
take/see/read [something] as an augury
用法筆記
Countable. Refers to a single sign or omen. Distinguish from sense 2, which is the uncountable practice of interpreting such signs.
常見錯誤
2. the practice of looking for meaning in natural signs to learn what is coming
the practice of looking for meaning in natural signs to learn what is coming
Vinícius spent years studying augury before he became the emperor's chief adviser.
collocation: study augury
The Roman Senate would not declare war without first performing augury by observing birds.
collocation: perform augury by [method]
Felix argued that augury was nothing more than clever guessing dressed up as wisdom.
Priests trained in augury stood on the temple steps watching the sky each morning.
Karim's grandmother practised a simple form of augury using olive leaves and salt.
- divination
broader term covering all forms of fortune-telling
- soothsaying
more informal; often implies folk or popular practice
- prophecy
focuses on spoken or written predictions, not the method of obtaining them
文法句型
practise/study/perform augury
trained in augury
用法筆記
Uncountable, referring to the art or practice as a whole. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a single countable omen.