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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Auction \Auc"tion\, n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale,
   where the price was called out, and the article to be sold
   was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the
   highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See
   {Augment}.]
   1. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a
      person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

   2. The things sold by auction or put up to auction.

            Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys ? --Pope.

   Note: In the United States, the more prevalent expression has
         been ``sales at auction,'' that is, by an increase of
         bids (Lat. auctione). This latter form is preferable.

   {Dutch auction}, the public offer of property at a price
      beyond its value, then gradually lowering the price, till
      some one accepts it as purchaser. --P. Cyc.

touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
{Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
   Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

   {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.

   {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
      milk.

   {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
      yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.

   {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
      repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
      England from Holland.

   {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
      sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]

   {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
      --Marryat.

   {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
      arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
      while the upper part remains open.

   {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, or {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass
      rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
      Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
      mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}.
      

   {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
      {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
      odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
      olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
      because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
      Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dutch auction
     n : a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a
         buyer is found