名詞 auction:

1. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
   同義詞：auction bridge
2. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
   同義詞：auction sale, vendue

動詞 auction:

1. sell at an auction
   同義詞：auction off, auctioneer

1. We had a private view of the jewels before the public auction.
   那些珠寶公開拍賣以前我們私下看了預(yù)展。
2. How much did the painting go for at the auction?
   這幅畫在拍賣中值多少錢?
3. The picture should fetch 2000 at auction.
   這張畫拍賣可得2000英鎊。
4. The car is sold by auction.
   這輛小車被拍賣了。
5. We will put the car up for auction.
   我們將把這輛小車拍賣。

auc.tion

n.（名詞）
A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.
拍賣：一種將財(cái)產(chǎn)或物品賣給最高出價(jià)者的公開出售
Games
【游戲】
The bidding in bridge.
叫牌：橋牌中的叫牌
Auction bridge.
拍賣式橋牌
v.tr.（及物動詞）
auc.tioned,auc.tion.ing,auc.tions
To sell at or by an auction:
拍賣，競賣：在或通過拍賣出售商品：
例句：
auctioned off the remaining inventory.
拍賣剩余庫存品

來源：
Latin auctiô auctiôn-
拉丁語 auctiô auctiôn-
from auctus [past participle of] augôre [to increase] * see aug-
源自 auctus [] augôre的過去分詞 [加，增加] *參見 aug-