auger

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
    — Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
  2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
  3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
  4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
动词 v.
  1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
  2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.
    — It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.
  3. To daydream. uncommon

词形变化

augers plural augre alternative augers present,singular,third-person augering participle,present augered participle,past augered past augre alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
augerer auger-fish augerlike auger mining closet auger hydrauger pod auger auger in
并列词
gimlet

词源

词源 1
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
词源 2
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
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