n. 预兆, 占卜

[ noun ]
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
<noun.event>
he hoped it was an auguryit was a sign from God

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.

2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the
future; presage.

From their flight strange auguries she drew.
--Drayton.

He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.