单词 August 释义 August, n.|gst|Forms: 4 augoste, augst, 5 aust, 4– august.[In form aust a. OF. aoust (mod. aot):—L. augustus (see prec.); in current form, from the L.; in form augst partially latinized.]The eighth month of the year, so named after Aug...
单词 august 释义 ▪ I. august, a.|gst|[ad. L. augustus consecrated, venerable, prob. f. augur, as if ‘consecrated by augury, auspicious’; perh. influenced in use by association with aug-re to increase, magnify. Cf. mod.F. auguste (not in Cotgrave).]1....