Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Augury \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. {Auguries}. [L. aucurium.]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the
actions of birds, etc.; divination.
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2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the
future; presage.
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From their flight strange auguries she drew.
--Drayton.
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He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.
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3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
augury
n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: {augury}, {sign}, {foretoken}, {preindication}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
