auger

Related topics: Tools

au·ger /ˈɔːɡə $ ˈɒːɡər/ noun [countableC] → augur

TZa tool used for making a hole in wood or in the ground 螺旋钻，钻孔机

Examples from the Corpus

auger• These have parallel sides and an auger along which the excess wood escapes.• His nostrils looked as if they had been made with an auger.• Remove ingredient containers, clean auger discharges with a nylon scraper, refill as necessary, wipe exteriors and set aside 3.• The news that no less than five new endings were shot due to poor reaction at the preview screenings hardly augers well.• The cumulative effect of all these changes do not auger well for the supply of teachers.• Both soil augers have snapped and I fought with Greg over the food rations.• Stress management experts, however, are now suggesting that auger has been done a great disservice.

Origin auger

(1500-1600) a nauger, mistaken for an auger; nauger ((11-17 centuries)) from Old English nafogar, from nafu “center of a wheel, hub” + gar “spear”; because it was originally used to make the hole in the hub of a wheel

词汇	auger
释义	auger Related topics: Tools au·ger /ˈɔːɡə $ ˈɒːɡər/ noun [countableC] → augur TZa tool used for making a hole in wood or in the ground 螺旋钻，钻孔机 Examples from the Corpus auger• These have parallel sides and an auger along which the excess wood escapes.• His nostrils looked as if they had been made with an auger.• Remove ingredient containers, clean auger discharges with a nylon scraper, refill as necessary, wipe exteriors and set aside 3.• The news that no less than five new endings were shot due to poor reaction at the preview screenings hardly augers well.• The cumulative effect of all these changes do not auger well for the supply of teachers.• Both soil augers have snapped and I fought with Greg over the food rations.• Stress management experts, however, are now suggesting that auger has been done a great disservice. Origin auger (1500-1600) a nauger, mistaken for an auger; nauger ((11-17 centuries)) from Old English nafogar, from nafu “center of a wheel, hub” + gar “spear”; because it was originally used to make the hole in the hub of a wheel
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