C1 a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most拍卖
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Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction.
Amongst other pop ephemera, the auction will be selling off rock stars' stage clothes.
A rare Stradivarius violin failed to reach its reserve price when put up for auction on Tuesday.
In an auction, goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
She bought the bed for a song at an auction.
to sell something in a public auction拍卖
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