An auger is a tool for making a round hole.

An auger is a tool for making a round hole auger 是一種用來鑽圓孔的工具。

One kind is for wood: a metal shaft with a screw at the end, so it pulls itself in as you turn it. Another kind is for the ground: farmers and builders use a bigger auger to bore into soil, for fence posts or to take a sample of earth. There are even huge augers on machines that drill wells.

One kind is for wood一種是用在木頭上的: a metal shaft with a screw at the end就是一根金屬桿，末端有螺紋, so it pulls itself in as you turn it所以你轉動的時候它會自己往裡鑽進去。Another kind is for the ground另一種是用在地面上的: farmers and builders use a bigger auger to bore into soil農夫和建築工人會用比較大的 auger 鑽進土裡, for fence posts or to take a sample of earth用來立籬笆柱，或是取土壤樣本。There are even huge augers on machines that drill wells甚至有些鑽井機器上裝著巨大的 auger。

The word is also used as a verb, to auger, meaning to bore a hole with this tool, though the noun is what you will meet first. It is a workshop-and-farm word, not an essay word.

The word is also used as a verb這個字也可以當動詞用, to auger也就是 to auger, meaning to bore a hole with this tool意思是用這種工具鑽孔, though the noun is what you will meet first不過你會先遇到的是它的名詞用法。It is a workshop-and-farm word這是個工坊和農場用語, not an essay word不是寫文章會用的字。

It has nothing to do with August, or with augur (a sign of the future), even though the spellings sit close together.

It has nothing to do with August它跟 August（八月）沒有關係, or with augur (a sign of the future)也跟 augur（預兆）沒有關係, even though the spellings sit close together儘管這幾個字的拼法很接近。