auction

Chinese meaning
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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.
Source: The Guardian · 27 Oct 2026
Background ✎
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






