auction

/ˈɔːkʃən/· n.

人文/文化/社会B1

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Chinese meaning

拍pāi卖mài

价jià高gāo者zhě得dé的de公gōng开kāi出chū售shòu

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在zài纽niǔ约yuē拍pāi卖mài行háng公gōng开kāi竞jìng价jià出chū售shòu化huà石shí

Example

A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, sold at auction in New York this week for $47.3m, making it one of the world's most expensive fossils.

一yī具jù罕hǎn见jiàn的de纳nà米mǐ暴bào龙lóng骨gǔ架jià,是shì霸bà王wáng龙lóng的de较jiào小xiǎo近jìn亲qīn,本běn周zhōu在zài纽niǔ约yuē拍pāi卖mài会huì上shàng以yǐ4730万wàn美měi元yuán售shòu出chū,成chéng为wéi全quán球qiú最zuì昂áng贵guì的de化huà石shí之zhī一yī。

Source: The Guardian · 27 Oct 2026

Background ✎

一yī具jù名míng为wèi「Jodi」的de纳nà米mǐ暴bào龙lóng化huà石shí骨gǔ架jià本běn周zhōu在zài纽niǔ约yuē拍pāi出chū4730万wàn美měi元yuán,成chéng为wéi全quán球qiú最zuì昂áng贵guì的de化huà石shí之zhī一yī。纳nà米mǐ暴bào龙lóng是shì霸bà王wáng龙lóng的de较jiào小xiǎo近jìn亲qīn,骨gǔ架jià以yǐ2019年nián发fā现xiàn者zhě的de名míng字zì命mìng名míng。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 auctio,本义「增加」

  • auct-(增加)+ -ion(名词后缀)

Collocations

  • sell at auction / auction house / auction off

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