augury
n. (古羅馬)占卜術,占卜儀式; 預兆
An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head.
死亡凶兆迅速地在他腦海中盤旋。
1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;
The maritime passage was a good augury for the aerial passage.
順利的航海彷彿也是航空的好預兆.
The emperor blindly worshipped divination by augury and mystical intepretation of Confucianist texts.
這位皇帝非常迷信讖緯之言.
Still others believe it is a superstitious book augury.
許多人認為《周易》一部占卜的書,算命有關,涉嫌“迷信”.
He hoped it was an augury.
他希望這是一個徵兆.
So the augury ballad became a social culture phenomenon which had extensive influence.
所以讖謠是對唐代社會具有廣泛影響的文化現象.